Talk:onomatopeia

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onomatopeia

tagged but not listed - -sche (discuss) 03:49, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

@Reversinator tagged this with the edit summary "can't find any dictionary that recognizes this, particularly as a US-specific spelling".

OED does list it (although without a US label) but gives cites from 1553 and 1577. And it's not at all hard to find modern uses of this term: [1] [2] [3]. However, it does seem to be a rare form, so that might be a better label than "US". This, that and the other (talk) 06:09, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

That last example may be a typo (Toward an Urban Cultural Studies also uses the "onomatopoeia" spelling), but I'll at least recognize that the spelling has modern usage. Maybe it could be classified as a misspelling, but either that or as a rare form should be fine. At the very least, it doesn't seem to be a US-specific spelling.

Also, sorry for not listing it here! Reversinator (talk) 23:38, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

I removed the US label since GNV does not support this notion; I tagged it as rare based on GNV. GNV suggests this is attested, and google books:"onomatopeia" confirms that. --Dan Polansky (talk) 12:41, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

RFV-passed: This, that and the other provided links to quotations above. He did not call it "cited", but that is just a minor process defect. --Dan Polansky (talk) 14:06, 15 October 2022 (UTC)