Anyway, I've been thinking for the past few minutes about how to write out weird sounds.

pfft is pretty common.

And 'bah', too.

But how do you write out that little half-kitty-meow sound you make, usually accompanied by a slight shrug of the shoulders, to indicate that something is insignificant?

'meyh'?
'eyh'?
'eynh'?

Do I even need a 'y' in there?

I love onomatopoeia, you know I do, but it can be trying at times.

Here in the Southwest, Dirty Buddy, giving credence that he's a direct descendant of Mexican jaguars, often ends his 'meyh' with an 'Aaaiii, Chico!'.

A new term that I've come across, one that has Canadian roots, mind you, is 'horking'. Quite onomatopoeic, its definition is best exemplified by going to the link below:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v124/cactusmcharris/dreds.jpg

PS - is horking a verb or an adjective?

See Clio graze on the lawn. Later, see Clio hork.

If Clio is inside, Jeff must clean up the horking mess before the good ladies from Better Homes and Gardens come visiting.

Funny eww when I saw the word 'horking', I could just tell what that'd be. What a yuckily precise picture you paint Jeff!

Onomatapoeia is definately fun. Alliteration tends to be my favorite literary device though. :o)

I like onomatopoeia... but I think I may just like saying onomatopoeia, rather than the actual grammatical (or is it literary?) device itself.

My second favourite lit device is pathetic fallacy. Especially when it's pathetically phallic.