Pastor Rick
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How do I spell ... ?
The sound someone makes when something happens to them unexpectedly? The sound people make when they physically, and unexpectedly, bump into each other?
I went searching and discovered that these are interjections which didn't help very much. This Wiktionary 200 page list was awesome!
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Joxcenia
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Re: How do I spell ... ?
hmm ... "oof!" ???
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oof
https://www.google.com/search?q=oof
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Firlefanz
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Re: How do I spell ... ?
It could be a grunt, a surprised cry, a squawk, a gasp, nervous laughter... depending on the person, of course.
I wouldn't go for a sound, to be honest. Show us what happens, rather than force it into dialogue.
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Pastor Rick
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Re: How do I spell ... ?
I love the resource article. Even if I never use a word like oof, or erk in writing and even if my character never uses "gadzooks" it is nice to have a single place to go to find out if I have the spelling correct for sounds and odd expletives being used as an interjection to the normal dialogue.
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