.... but "bow-wow"? how does that work?
2007-08-23 15:13:02 · 3 answers · asked by Gruntled Employee 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Both would be onomatopoeic since they are immitative of or suggestive of sounds a dog makes. Bow-wow may not be perfectly imitative but it is suggestive.
2007-08-24 01:05:27 · answer #1 · answered by ghouly05 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they would both be correct.
Different dogs have different-sounding barks.
A big alsation might go 'woof' and a little terrier might go 'bow-wow'.
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2007-08-24 03:01:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, it's funny what people imagine their dogs are saying.
I distinctly remember from my high school Spanish textbook that their dogs said "gua-gua".
One of my dogs has a tendency towards howling, so his barks actually do sound like "Bow-wowowowowowoo".
2007-08-24 09:14:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋