Transcribing an explosion
October 8, 2005 5:20 PM Subscribe
I'm transcribing a speech and the speaker just did that thing where you simulate an explosion noise with your throat. What should I write?
"Boom"?
posted by my sock puppet account at 5:23 PM on October 8, 2005
posted by my sock puppet account at 5:23 PM on October 8, 2005
Yeah I would say "Boom!" too. Without the sentence for context it's harder to say. But I'm generally unimpressed and distracted by the effort to transcribe such things exactly as the writer hears them (eg: "Poouuugghhk!") or in some goddamn phonetic alphabet like IPA when there is a perfectly usable proxy like "Boom!" that people will absorb, cognitively, right away.
posted by scarabic at 5:30 PM on October 8, 2005
posted by scarabic at 5:30 PM on October 8, 2005
And then then priest turn so the rabbi and goes
[speaker make explosion sound with throat]
to which the mullah replies "Why did to come to this dman party in the first place".
posted by alana at 5:35 PM on October 8, 2005
[speaker make explosion sound with throat]
to which the mullah replies "Why did to come to this dman party in the first place".
posted by alana at 5:35 PM on October 8, 2005
Kabloowie! (alt.: Kapow!)
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 5:51 PM on October 8, 2005
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 5:51 PM on October 8, 2005
Perhaps you should consult The Thesaurus of Champions.
posted by lazy-ville at 5:52 PM on October 8, 2005
posted by lazy-ville at 5:52 PM on October 8, 2005
Lazy-ville, that page you linked reads like a summary of old Batman shows.
posted by Dipsomaniac at 6:10 PM on October 8, 2005
posted by Dipsomaniac at 6:10 PM on October 8, 2005
lazy-ville, I am surprised and amused that the link goes to a Canadian government site. And thank you for the resource
posted by seawallrunner at 6:36 PM on October 8, 2005
posted by seawallrunner at 6:36 PM on October 8, 2005
On "The Simpsons" homer's "D'oh" is scripted as "[ Annoyed Grunt ]".
Any non-word sound should be placed in brackets like that with a description for the reader. I would go with [ vocalised explosion ].
posted by shepd at 7:34 PM on October 8, 2005
Any non-word sound should be placed in brackets like that with a description for the reader. I would go with [ vocalised explosion ].
posted by shepd at 7:34 PM on October 8, 2005
Response by poster: Thanks all. I did figure I'd end up describing the sound, but it's in the middle of a sentence for half a second, and the sentence sounds wrong without it, so it's all a bit awkward. I was wondering if it might have a name?
posted by cillit bang at 7:36 PM on October 8, 2005
posted by cillit bang at 7:36 PM on October 8, 2005
There is a whole academic world built around this. Here is the international phonetic alphabet. For more of the same, google 'discourse analysis.'
posted by bingo at 7:57 PM on October 8, 2005
posted by bingo at 7:57 PM on October 8, 2005
Attempting a sensible answer here: Do you really mean simulating explosion with his throat, or do you mean a glottal stop (where the air is kept in the throat and then released explosively - a sound common in arabic)?
If the latter, the symbol's like a question mark without a dot.
posted by handee at 1:46 AM on October 9, 2005
If the latter, the symbol's like a question mark without a dot.
posted by handee at 1:46 AM on October 9, 2005
I can't figure out how to make an explosion noise with my throat. Seems to me it's all in the mouth.
posted by jjg at 2:09 AM on October 9, 2005
posted by jjg at 2:09 AM on October 9, 2005
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posted by 517 at 5:22 PM on October 8, 2005