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Word Maven: Echoic Words

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Boom, shimmy, giggle, squeak… these words are called echoic words, words whose sound echo what they stand for. Host Charity Nebbe talks with English language expert Patricia O’Conner about these and other onomatopes that belong to the English language.

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Charity Nebbe is the host of IPR's Talk of Iowa