Blowing a raspberry
File:Blowing a raspberry.ogv Blowing a raspberry, strawberry or making a Bronx cheer, is to make a noise similar to flatulence that may signify derision, real or feigned. It may also be used in childhood phonemic play, either solely by the child, or by adults towards a child to encourage imitation to the delight of both parties. It is made by placing the tongue between the lips, or alternately placing the lips against any area of skin, and blowing. When performed against the skin of another person, it is often a form of tickling. In the terminology of phonetics, the former sound has been described as a voiceless linguolabial trill, [r̼̊],[1] and as a buccal interdental trill, [ↀ͡r̪͆].[2]
A raspberry is never used in human language phonemically (that is, as a building block of words), but it is widely used across human cultures.
Etymology
The nomenclature varies by country. In most anglophone countries, it is known as a raspberry, which is attested from at least 1890,[3] and which in the United States came to be abbreviated as razz by 1919.[4] In the United States it has also been called a Bronx cheer since at least the early 1920s.[5][6]
Blowing a "raspberry" derives from the Cockney rhyming slang "raspberry tart" for "fart".[7][8] Rhyming slang was particularly used in British comedy to refer to things that would be unacceptable to a polite audience. "Raspberry" was also given the pronunciation spelling "razzberry" in the US, of which "razz" is an abbreviation.
See also
- Bilabial trill
- Joe Btfsplk
- Golden Raspberry Awards, which are named after the term
- Linguistic universal
- The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town
- Flatulence humor
References
- ↑ Pike called it a "voiceless exolabio-lingual trill", with the tongue vibrating against a protruding lower lip. Template:Cite book
- ↑ Ball, Martin J.; Howard, Sara J.; Miller, Kirk (2018). "Revisions to the extIPA chart". Journal of the International Phonetic Association. 48 (2): 155–164. doi:10.1017/S0025100317000147.
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- ↑ Runyon, Damon (19 Oct 1921). "All Chicago backs up its footballers". San Francisco Examiner. Universal Syndicate. p. 19. Retrieved 18 Jun 2019.
....the East will grin and give Western football the jolly old Bronx cheer.
- ↑ Farrell, Henry L. (30 Nov 1922). "Wills looks like boob in Johnson bout". San Antonio Evening News. United Press. p. 8. Retrieved 18 Jun 2019.
While the crowd was giving vent to the 'Bronx cheer' and hurling garlands of raspberries from the gallery....
- ↑ "Raspberry tart". Phrases.org.uk. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
- ↑ Template:Cite book
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