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• Thread starter Thread starter frangs
• Start date Start date May 30, 2016

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frangs

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Spanish Spain I read somewhere you can use "chooga-chooga" or "choo" as onomatopoeia for the train. Do you know some word else? (especially if it involves a "k" sound) Thanks.

johngiovanni

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Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK English I can think only of the Woody Guthrie song "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8" where the line "Choo-choo, choo-choo, chooka-chooka, choo-choo" is repeated.

heypresto

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South East England English - England I've never heard of 'chooga chooga', but am familiar with 'choo-choo' as a child's word for a train. Are you looking for an onomatopoeia for the train itself, or for the sound of a train when travelling? If the latter, then we sometimes describe the sound as 'clackety-clack', or 'clickety-clack'. Both of these contain a K.

PaulQ

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UK English - England Choo, chug and chuff are onomatopoeic words for the sound a steam train makes. In BE, choo-choo and (less commonly) chuff-chuff are onomatopoeic words for "train" (or more specifically, the engine) - they are used when speaking to very young children and thus, by very young children. I can't think of any with a k sound in them. F

frangs

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Spanish Spain Thanks johngiovani, heypresto. Chooka-chooka would work for what I want. I gues that everybody will understand it, if I am mentioning the word "train" in the same sentence.... F

frangs

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Spanish Spain

PaulQ said: Choo, chug and chuff are onomatopoeic words for the sound a steam train makes. In BE, choo-choo and (less commonly) chuff-chuff are onomatopoeic words for "train" (or more specifically, the engine) - they are used when speaking to very young children and thus, by very young children. I can't think of any with a k sound in them. Click to expand...

Thanks. I think "chooka" goes well in my context, because I have just read it has some second meanings which would also fit. Actually, the first word I though of was something like "chucka" (probably because in Spain we say "chaca" or maybe I heard it in some song).

GreenWhiteBlue

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The City of New York USA - English

frangs said: Chooka-chooka would work for what I want. I gues that everybody will understand it, if I am mentioning the word "train" in the same sentence.... Click to expand...

While everyone would understand "choo choo", or even "chug chug", "chooka" would be puzzling. It really is not used as a word to mean "train", but instead would lead many people to wonder why you are possibly mentioning either the sport of polo or Australian chickens.

Hermione Golightly

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London British English

I guess that everybody will understand it, if I am mentioning the word "train" in the same sentence.... Click to expand...

Australian chickens or 'good luck' wishes in Strine.

Loob

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English UK

frangs said: Chooka-chooka would work for what I want. I gues that everybody will understand it, if I am mentioning the word "train" in the same sentence.... Click to expand...

Why do you want a 'k' sound, frangs? Can you tell us what your sentence is? F

frangs

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Spanish Spain

Loob said: Why do you want a 'k' sound, frangs? Can you tell us what your sentence is? Click to expand...

It is just for a song, and the sound "k" goes better with the rhythym the words are sung and with the music itself in my opinion. You must log in or register to reply here. Share: Bluesky LinkedIn WhatsApp Email Share Link

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