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LeedsRhinos | 03:28 Mon 20th Sep 2004 | Phrases & Sayings
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Why does Zzzzzzzz depict sleep in books & comics
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It's just a representation of the sound of deep, regular breathing - maybe even the beginnings of snoring - that one makes while asleep.
I'd always thought it was an attempt at spelling a snore. How else would you spell that? Noises often have unexpected written representations, and they are surprisingly different in different languages. For example French water goes "plouf" not "splash".
How about 'nnngggrrrhhh...ssshhppplll.....nnngggrrrhhh', New?
Similarly a "tut" is written in comics as "tch". I never understood how I was supposed to pronounce that when I was 10!
I had a similar problem with "tsk", Scarlett!

New Forester - the point about other language's versions of sounds is really interesting to me. Did you know french dogs go, "Oua, oua" and french sheep go "B�"? And the ducks go, "coin-coin"!
In Russian, the dogs go 'gaf gaf', and the sheep go 'be-e-e' and the frogs go 'kvaaa', and the ducks..the ducks omit a rather horrifying 'krya krya' noise :) How strange that the same noise would be so different in different countries. I wonder how ducks go in China?
On a plate, served with pancakes.
I remember being told by my French teacher at school (a few months B.I.) that French football commentators use the English word and shout "Cornère!" whenever there is a corner, otherwise it would sound as if they were quacking. (The French word for "corner" also being "coin")
i'd assume that it's somebody trying to attempt the sound of a snore, but i'm not totaly sure.
Lol, plate, pancakes, plum sauce - yummm :)

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