v? rs? d t? nur? n, which was m? difi? d t? nil? n t? mak? it s? und l? ss lik? a n? rv? t? nic. Th? n, t? pr? v? nt a pr? nunciati? n lik? nill? n, th? c? mpany chang? d th? i t? y, pr? ducing nyl? n. If this acc? Unt is c? Rr? ct, b? n? ath that appar? ntly quit? arbitrary w? rd lurks th? ? nglish? xpr? ssi? n n? -run. M? St trad? nam? s ar? cl? arly bas? d? n alr? ady? xisting w? rds. Vas? lin? , F? R instanc? , Was mad? fr? m G? rman Wass? r wat? r plus Gr ?? k? lai? n? il (M? nck? n, Am? rican Languag?); Kl ?? n? x was mad? fr? m cl? an and Cut? x fr? m cuticl? , B? Th with th? additi? n? f a rath? r wid? ly us? d but quit? m? aningl? ss ps? ud? sci? ntific suffix -? x.
? ch? ic W? rds? und al? n? is th? basis? f a limit? d numb? r? f w? rds, call? d? ch? ic? r? n? mat? p? ? ic, lik? bang, burp, splash, tinkl? , B? Bwhit? , And cuck ??. W? Rds that ar? actually imitativ? ? f s? und, lik? m? ? w, m ??, b? ww? w, and vr ?? m-th? ugh th? s? diff? r fr? m languag? t? languag?-can b? distinguish? d fr? m th? s? lik? bump and flick, which ar? call? d symb? lic. Symb? Lic w? Rds r? gularly c? m? in s? ts that rim? (bump, lump, clump, hump)? r allit? rat? (flick, flash, flip, fl? p) and d? riv? th? ir symb? lic m? aning at l? ast in part fr? m th? ? th? r m? mb? rs? f th? ir s? und-alik? s? ts. B? Th imitativ? and symb? lic w? rds fr? qu? ntly sh? w d? ubling, s? m? tim? s with slight variati? n, as in b? ww? w, ch ?? - ch ??, and p? (?) W ??.
? jaculati? ns? m? w? rds imitat? m? r? ? r l? ss instinctiv? v? cal r? sp? ns? s. ? n? ? f th? s? ? jaculati? ns,? uch, is s? m? thing? f a myst? ry: it d? ? s n? t app? ar in British writing? xc? pt as an Am? ricanism. Th? ?? D d? riv? s it fr? m G? rman autsch, an? xclamati? n pr? sumably imitativ? ? f what a G? rman? xclaims at fairly mild pain, such as stubbing at? ? ? r hitting a thumb with a tack hamm? r-hardly anything m? r? s? v? r? , F? R wh? n? n? is suff? ring r? ally rig? r? us pain? n? is n? t lik? ly t? hav? th? pr? s? nc? ? f mind t? r? m? mb? r t? say? uch! Th? v? cal r? acti? n, if any, is lik? ly t? b? a shri? k? r a scr? am. ? uch may b? r? gard? d as a c? nv? nti? nal r? pr? s? ntati? n? f th? s? unds actually mad? wh? n? n? is in pain. Th? int? r? sting thing is that th? writt? n f? rm has b? c? m? s? familiar, s? c? mpl? t? ly c? nv? nti? naliz? d, that Am? ricans (and G? rmans) d? actually say? uch! wh? n th? y hav? hurt th? ms? lv? s s? slightly as t? b? abl? t? r? m? mb? r what th? y? ught t? say und? r th? circumstanc? s.
? th? r such writt? n r? pr? s? ntati? ns, all? f th? m highly c? nv? nti? naliz? d,? f what ar? th? ught t? b? natural utt? ranc? s hav? als? b? c? m? actual w? rds-f? r instanc? , Ha-ha, with th? variant h? -h? f? r Santa Claus and? th? r j? lly fat m? n, and th? girlish t? h ?? , Which th? naughty but n? n? th? l? ss d? l? ctabl? Alis? N utt? rs in Chauc? r s Mill? r s Tal? , In what is p? rhaps th? m? st ind? c? r? usly funny lin? in? nglish p? ? try.? w, it is lik? ly that, if Alis? n w? r? a r? al-lif? w? man (rath? r than b? tt? r than- lif?, as sh? is by virtu?? fb? ing th? cr? ati? n? fa sup? rb artist), up? nr? c? ipt? f th? misdir? ct? d kiss sh? might hav? titt? r? d, twitt? r? d, giggl? d,? r gurgl? d und? r th? d? cid? dly impr? p? r circumstanc? s in which sh? had plac? d h? rs? lf. But h? W t? writ? a titt? r, a twitt? r, a giggl? ,? R a gurgl? ? Chauc? r was c? nfr? nt? d with th? pr? bl? m? f r? pr? s? nting by alphab? tical symb? ls what? v? r th? appr? priat? v? cal r? sp? ns? might hav? b ?? n, and t? h ?? , Which was d? Ubtl? ss m? r? ? r l? ss c? nv? nti? nal in his day, was c? rtainly as g ?? d a ch? ic? as h? c? uld hav? mad?. Th? f? rm with which h? ch? s? t? r? pr? s? nt girlish gl ?? has r? main? d c? nv? nti? nal. ? n w? ? nc? unt? r it in r? ading, w? think-and, if r? ading al? ud, w? actually say - [ti? hi], and th? ? ff? ct s ?? ms p? rf? ctly r? alistic t? us. (Alis? N, in h? R pr? -v? W? L-shift pr? Nunciati? N, w? Uld pr? Sumably hav? Said [t?? H?].) But it is highly d? Ubtful that any? n? ? v? r utt? r? d t? h ?? ,? R ha-ha,? R h? -h ?,? xc? pt as a r? fl? cti? n? f th? writt? n f? rm. Laught? r, lik? pain, is t ?? par? xysmal in natur? , T ?? varying fr? m individual t? individual, and t ?? unsp ?? chlik? t? b? r? pr? s? nt? d accurat? ly by sp ?? ch s? unds.is s? m? what diff? r? nt with a v? cal manif? stati? n? f disgust, c? nt? mpt,? r ann? yanc? , Which might b? r? pr? s? nt? d ph? n? tically (but? ...
