Episode 144: A Murder of Crows and Princes
The History of English Podcast
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Exploring Onomatopoeia: From Gibberish to Gobbledygook
This chapter delves into the origins of onomatopoeic words, such as 'gibberish' and 'lullaby,' and how they imitate specific sounds. It also discusses the formation of bird-related words through the imitation of their sounds, and concludes with the word 'gobbledygook' and its combination of turkey and clucking bird sounds to describe nonsense.
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