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Hi Marina, Seeing your mug shot made me think …

Hi Marina,

Seeing your mug shot made me think of the word [jeopardy]. I realized that if ever there came a time where my freedom might be in [jeopardy] I wouldn’t even know the origin of the word. Maybe you can help me out?

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Hi Marina,
I have a word for you…..

Onomatopoeia

It’s a unique word that refers to words used to represent sounds, like “crash” or “boom”, and noises that animals make.

For example, we would use “bow-wow” or “yip-yip” to indicate the sound a dog makes. In Russian, I think it is “gav-gav” (гав-гав)

I would like to learn the origin of this word. I am also curious to see if there is a word in Russian that means the same thing as onomatopoeia.