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  1. single word requests - Verb for the act of making a "Tch" sound ...

    Aug 26, 2017 · This has been bothering me (a native English speaker) for a long time. It seems almost impossible outside of dialogue to describe the act of unconsciously spitting out a …

  2. pronunciation - Is the ‘t’ in ‘witch’ considered a silent t? - English ...

    Jul 14, 2024 · A competing analysis would be that "tch" is a trigraph where all three letters function together to represent the single sound [t͡ʃ]. In the first analysis, "t" is a silent letter.

  3. Why do we write "Tsk" for the sound of disapproval?

    The Full OED has this for their 1947 "first citation": L. Pike Phonemics ii. 41/1 Do you get..a sound resembling the noise of commiseration which is sometimes written in literature as ‘tsk-tsk’, or …

  4. Word for sound made by tongue and teeth

    Jul 5, 2017 · Is the sound made just at one side of the mouth? In the situation you describe I would make a 'click' or 'pop' sound by placing the flat of my tongue against the roof of my …

  5. How did the silent 't' come into all these 'tch' words?

    How did the silent 't' come into all these 'tch' words? Ask Question Asked 14 years, 1 month ago Modified 8 years, 8 months ago

  6. Origin and connotations of RBF (Resting Bitch Face)

    May 22, 2013 · Like really early. On the very same day, a YouTube video by Madeline Mann, entitled: “My Struggle With Resting B*tch Face”, was posted. In the video she utters the …

  7. phrase requests - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Jul 24, 2020 · What's that sound called which we make when we are irritated or disgusted, when we press both our lips together and make a sucking sound, with our teeth closed. It's similar to …

  8. Why is karma a bitch? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Also used as the rhetorical question Ain't karma a bitch? Synonyms: What goes around, comes around Getting his just desserts He had it coming and strongly related to Payback's a bitch It …

  9. Is there a WORD For: sound made by mouth to express …

    Feb 16, 2018 · The sound made by pushing middle tongue against palate, tip of tongue bent downward and pushed up against upper teeth and sucking in air sharply w/ mouth open, chin …

  10. What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?

    Aug 23, 2014 · Our numbers have a specific two-letter combination that tells us how the number sounds. For example 9th 3rd 301st What do we call these special sounds?