bleh
On 1ζ17ζ₯, εεΎ11:40, "Mark Spahn" <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/17/meh/
> reports on a new interjection, "meh", which expresses
> lack of interest.
> I can't think of any other English word that ends
> in the short-E sound. Are there?
> Ah, yes: "feh" ("an exclamation of disgust, contempt, or scorn").
> Are there any more?
>
> Also, there are only a handful of English words that
> end in a short-A sound: yeah, neah, weah (as in
> "weah-weah-weah", a mocking crybaby sound),
> and possibly beah (the sound a sheep makes).
>
> The are no English words that end in a short-I sound.
> (Are there?)
>
> Strangely, all these words are interjections.
> There's probably some deep psycholinguistic reason.
> -- Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY)
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