• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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    8 months ago

    Reminds me of a joke in Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner’s 2000-Year-Old Man. He says most words are onomatopoeic. He gives ‘egg’ as an example. It’s the sound of strain and relief a chicken makes when it lays one… eeeeeeeeeeegg! (It’s much funnier if you hear Mel Brooks’ delivery obviously.)