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Zigomar Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
Can an object groan?
That's right, can a nonliving thing produce such a sound? and how would you describe it ?
Also, which human sound is chomping?
And I would appreciate if anybody would be as kind as to further explain some words in a couple of lines.
We're both more critical and more imaginative with dialogue than with music, sound effects or backgrounds. - what does imaginative mean in this context?
There'll be sounds from the air-conditioning motor and perphaps clicking from ineffective isolation springs. - what are isolation springs related to air conditioning?
Thanks a lot for any help !!!
Also, which human sound is chomping?
And I would appreciate if anybody would be as kind as to further explain some words in a couple of lines.
We're both more critical and more imaginative with dialogue than with music, sound effects or backgrounds. - what does imaginative mean in this context?
There'll be sounds from the air-conditioning motor and perphaps clicking from ineffective isolation springs. - what are isolation springs related to air conditioning?
Thanks a lot for any help !!!
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Hi Ziogmar, Interesting questions. Yes, I would use the word "groan" for non-human things. Where I used to live, large pieces of frozen ocean water would rub against each other as the tide came in.
- Hi Ziogmar, Interesting questions.
- Yes, I would use the word "groan" for non-human things.
- Where I used to live, large pieces of frozen ocean water would rub against each other as the tide came in.
- That was a very eerie groaning noise.
- It's a far lower pitch than a squeek.
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Hi Ziogmar,
Interesting questions.
Yes, I would use the word "groan" for non-human things. Where I used to live, large pieces of frozen ocean water would rub against each other as the tide came in. That was a very eerie groaning noise. It's a far lower pitch than a squeek. I'm also thinking of times when I walked along wood docks when the wood was wet as a time when I've heard no
Interesting questions.
Yes, I would use the word "groan" for non-human things. Where I used to live, large pieces of frozen ocean water would rub against each other as the tide came in. That was a very eerie groaning noise. It's a far lower pitch than a squeek. I'm also thinking of times when I walked along wood docks when the wood was wet as a time when I've heard no
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>isolation springs related to air conditioning
perhaps: the springs under the base of an AC unit, meant to reduce vibrations and noise?
perhaps: the springs under the base of an AC unit, meant to reduce vibrations and noise?
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Thanks Marius, and also Grammar Geed, I needed a hint of what these phrases might mean. I think I got it all!
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