Friday, October 29, 2010

Friday Trivia

The answer to yesterday's question is:
y=mx+b

Today's question is:
What is a word called that's spelled like the sound it references, such as boom, cuckoo, whoosh, or pow? (Spelling doesn't count on this one!)

7 comments:

allen (in Michigan) said...

onomatopoeia.

Beth said...

Is it an (thank God spelling doesn't count!) onomonopia?

pseudotsuga said...

onomatopoeia

Anonymous said...

Ah-no-maht-a-pee-uh

Anonymous said...

Interesting that you all seem to use b as the constant for the intercept. In the UK, it is always labelled c

teachergirl said...

onomotapoeia

Cap'n CRUNCH said...

Onomatapoeia