On 14-08-2021 07:17, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, > > On 2021-08-13 4:59 p.m., John Hasler wrote: >> Stefan writes: >>> How odd. I always assumed that it was the comic-strip style >>> representation of the sound of hanging up the phone abruptly. >> >> No. I was there when it came into use. It definitely represents the >> sound of a small object dropping into a large tank with liquid at the >> bottom. A septic tank, for example. It was common to respond to a >> particularly asinine article with the one-word followup "plonk". >> >> I've never seen any point in telling the world (or the plonked >> individual) about the action, though. >> > I have serious doubt against the "plonked" being able to appreciate what > is happening to him. Most of the time, they won't stop and will just > continue to argue against themselves. Something trying to use words from > language they don't even master while trying to do so.
This would be typical: waxing wisely on a term they were obviously not familiar with, five minutes ago, when they enquired after it. Cheers! Harry. -- `Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth'. -- Albert Einstein
