Georg C. Lichtenberg: "Ini bergemuruh, melolong, mengaum, desis, pelui...

"Ini bergemuruh, melolong, mengaum, desis, peluit, blusters, hums, growl, gemuruh, mencicit, mengerang, menyanyi, berderak, retak, bergetar, berkedip, klik, geraman, tumbles, rengekan, rengekan, desis, murmur, tabrakan, clucks , untuk berdeguk, tinkles, pukulan, mendengkur, bertepuk tangan, untuk berdaging, batuk, menjerit, menangis, menangis, gagak, gagap, berdebar, berdebar, berdesak, berbenturan, berbenturan , untuk meringkik, menggerutu, mengikis, ke gelembung. Kata-kata ini, dan yang lain menyukainya, yang mengekspresikan suara lebih dari sekadar simbol: mereka adalah semacam hieroglif untuk telinga."

--- Georg C. Lichtenberg

Versi Bahasa Inggris

It thunders, howls, roars, hisses, whistles, blusters, hums, growls, rumbles, squeaks, groans, sings, crackles, cracks, rattles, flickers, clicks, snarls, tumbles, whimpers, whines, rustles, murmurs, crashes, clucks, to gurgle, tinkles, blows, snores, claps, to lisp, to cough, it boils, to scream, to weep, to sob, to croak, to stutter, to lisp, to coo, to breathe, to clash, to bleat, to neigh, to grumble, to scrape, to bubble. These words, and others like them, which express sounds are more than mere symbols: they are a kind of hieroglyphics for the ear.