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Crash Bang Wallop: The Sound of Words
Michael Rosen is joined by linguist Dr Catherine Laing to discuss onomatopoeia and other words that sound like their meanings. Not just words for sounds like 'crash' and 'bang', or words for animal noises like 'woof' and...
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Crash Bang Wallop: The Sound of Words is an episode from Word of Mouth by BBC. Michael Rosen is joined by linguist Dr Catherine Laing to discuss onomatopoeia and other words that sound like their meanings. Not just words for sounds like 'cr...
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Published Sep 11, 2025, 27:18 long, audio available.
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