jao@valid.UUCP (John Oswalt) (02/18/86)
I am posting the following as a service to my father, Robert L. Oswalt,
who has no access to the net. Please mail replies to me; I will see
to it that he gets them.
John Oswalt (..!{hplabs,amd,pyramid,ihnp4}!pesnta!valid!jao)
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I am doing research on the origin of "oi" in English onomatopoei. I
would like citations with dates as close as can be estimated together
with an example of the sound to which it is applied.
Example:
BOING -- Sound of bouncing on a pogo stick.
June 1968.
Comic Strip.
I need citations for "boing", "doing", "toing", "boink", "doink",
and "toink" over 10 years old. For "oink" (sound of a pig) over
70 years old. Others any age.
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John Oswalt (..!{hplabs,amd,pyramid,ihnp4}!pesnta!valid!jao)