Monday, October 12, 2015

Klompen and Onomatopoeia

I love that "klompen" is both the name of dutch wooden shoes AND what you do when you wear them.

Is it really Onomatopoeia? Or do we just associate "clomp" with the sound, because of the name of the shoes? Does the sound inform the word or the word inform the sound?

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