There is character in the novel"Vernon God Little"by DBC Pierre, who sometimes starts to speak with a "tch" sound. I don't know how to traslate it and replace a word for it. Would you please describe and give its'meaning?
Thank you.
2007-02-12 17:47:15 · 4 answers · asked by ROYA R 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Put your tongue against your teeth and then pull it back and suck air between your teeth at the same time. That is the sound the writer was trying to depict. As for it's meaning I have heard people do it three or time in a row real fast. And it seem they were saying: "shame,shame" I dunno.
2007-02-12 18:01:50 · answer #1 · answered by oldmanwitastick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tch reperesents the English "ch" sound, such as is found in "Church". It's most often seen in Slavic and French words. I'm not sure why the Slavs use it, but for the French, Ch makes the English "sh" sound, as is "Shire", so for them to get a Ch, they must add a T to it.
2007-02-13 01:56:33 · answer #2 · answered by Yitz Ben-Yishmael 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just a sound, as far as I know. Is that the way it's spelled in the book?
I thought about the sound waitin is talking about below, but that sound is usually written "tsk".
2007-02-13 01:50:07 · answer #3 · answered by drshorty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a particle for calling the attention of the listener.
2007-02-13 08:26:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋