Onomatopoeias depend on sound, to say nothing of the different interpretations in different languages for the same sound. The asymmetry is very subjective. Such answers are subject to one’s own experience. And they are.

Is the elevator working? If so, why? If the metal parts are failing, they are trying to move against one another. Or if the metal elevator is straining against the cables, or if the wire is being stretched.

“Creaking” works especially well, since it includes both squeaking sound one might hear from old, rusty, unoiled cables, as well as the grating noise one would hear from the metal parts pushing and grinding against one another. Even moreso, since it also describes an object that is moving whilst making this sound (A creaking elevator could mean that it is making this sound while moving, both implying the sound and the difficulty with which it moves).

What is the reason for this change?

Onomatopoeias depend on sound, to say nothing of the different interpretations in different languages for the same sound. The asymmetry is very subjective. Such answers are subject to one’s own experience. And they are.

Is the elevator working? If so, why? If the metal parts are failing, they are trying to move against one another. Or if the metal elevator is straining against the cables, or if the wire is being stretched.

“Creaking” works especially well, since it includes both squeaking sound one might hear from old, rusty, unoiled cables, as well as the grating noise one would hear from the metal parts pushing and grinding against one another. Even moreso, since it also describes an object that is moving whilst making this sound (A creaking elevator could mean that it is making this sound while moving, both implying the sound and the difficulty with which it moves).

What is the reason for this change?

Onomatopoeias depend on sound, to say nothing of the different interpretations in different languages for the same sound. The asymmetry is very subjective. Such answers are subject to one’s own experience. And they are.

Is the elevator working? If so, why? If the metal parts are failing, they are trying to move against one another. Or if the metal elevator is straining against the cables, or if the wire is being stretched.

“Creaking” works especially well, since it includes both squeaking sound one might hear from old, rusty, unoiled cables, as well as the grating noise one would hear from the metal parts pushing and grinding against one another. Even moreso, since it also describes an object that is moving whilst making this sound (A creaking elevator could mean that it is making this sound while moving, both implying the sound and the difficulty with which it moves).

What is the reason for this change?

Onomatopoeias depend on sound, to say nothing of the different interpretations in different languages for the same sound. The asymmetry is very subjective. Such answers are subject to one’s own experience. And they are.

Is the elevator working? If so, why? If the metal parts are failing, they are trying to move against one another. Or if the metal elevator is straining against the cables, or if the wire is being stretched.

“Creaking” works especially well, since it includes both squeaking sound one might hear from old, rusty, unoiled cables, as well as the grating noise one would hear from the metal parts pushing and grinding against one another. Even moreso, since it also describes an object that is moving whilst making this sound (A creaking elevator could mean that it is making this sound while moving, both implying the sound and the difficulty with which it moves).

What is the reason for this change?

Onomatopoeias depend on sound, to say nothing of the different interpretations in different languages for the same sound. The asymmetry is very subjective. Such answers are subject to one’s own experience. And they are.

Is the elevator working? If so, why? If the metal parts are failing, they are trying to move against one another. Or if the metal elevator is straining against the cables, or if the wire is being stretched.

“Creaking” works especially well, since it includes both squeaking sound one might hear from old, rusty, unoiled cables, as well as the grating noise one would hear from the metal parts pushing and grinding against one another. Even moreso, since it also describes an object that is moving whilst making this sound (A creaking elevator could mean that it is making this sound while moving, both implying the sound and the difficulty with which it moves).

What is the reason for this change?

Onomatopoeias depend on sound, to say nothing of the different interpretations in different languages for the same sound. The asymmetry is very subjective. Such answers are subject to one’s own experience. And they are.

Is the elevator working? If so, why? If the metal parts are failing, they are trying to move against one another. Or if the metal elevator is straining against the cables, or if the wire is being stretched.

“Creaking” works especially well, since it includes both squeaking sound one might hear from old, rusty, unoiled cables, as well as the grating noise one would hear from the metal parts pushing and grinding against one another. Even moreso, since it also describes an object that is moving whilst making this sound (A creaking elevator could mean that it is making this sound while moving, both implying the sound and the difficulty with which it moves).

What is the reason for this change?

Onomatopoeias depend on sound, to say nothing of the different interpretations in different languages for the same sound. The asymmetry is very subjective. Such answers are subject to one’s own experience. And they are.

Is the elevator working? If so, why? If the metal parts are failing, they are trying to move against one another. Or if the metal elevator is straining against the cables, or if the wire is being stretched.

“Creaking” works especially well, since it includes both squeaking sound one might hear from old, rusty, unoiled cables, as well as the grating noise one would hear from the metal parts pushing and grinding against one another. Even moreso, since it also describes an object that is moving whilst making this sound (A creaking elevator could mean that it is making this sound while moving, both implying the sound and the difficulty with which it moves).

What is the reason for this change?

Onomatopoeias depend on sound, to say nothing of the different interpretations in different languages for the same sound. The asymmetry is very subjective. Such answers are subject to one’s own experience. And they are.

Is the elevator working? If so, why? If the metal parts are failing, they are trying to move against one another. Or if the metal elevator is straining against the cables, or if the wire is being stretched.

“Creaking” works especially well, since it includes both squeaking sound one might hear from old, rusty, unoiled cables, as well as the grating noise one would hear from the metal parts pushing and grinding against one another. Even moreso, since it also describes an object that is moving whilst making this sound (A creaking elevator could mean that it is making this sound while moving, both implying the sound and the difficulty with which it moves).

What is the reason for this change?

Onomatopoeias depend on sound, to say nothing of the different interpretations in different languages for the same sound. The asymmetry is very subjective. Such answers are subject to one’s own experience. And they are.

Is the elevator working? If so, why? If the metal parts are failing, they are trying to move against one another. Or if the metal elevator is straining against the cables, or if the wire is being stretched.

“Creaking” works especially well, since it includes both squeaking sound one might hear from old, rusty, unoiled cables, as well as the grating noise one would hear from the metal parts pushing and grinding against one another. Even moreso, since it also describes an object that is moving whilst making this sound (A creaking elevator could mean that it is making this sound while moving, both implying the sound and the difficulty with which it moves).

What is the reason for this change?

Onomatopoeias depend on sound, to say nothing of the different interpretations in different languages for the same sound. The asymmetry is very subjective. Such answers are subject to one’s own experience. And they are.

Is the elevator working? If so, why? If the metal parts are failing, they are trying to move against one another. Or if the metal elevator is straining against the cables, or if the wire is being stretched.

“Creaking” works especially well, since it includes both squeaking sound one might hear from old, rusty, unoiled cables, as well as the grating noise one would hear from the metal parts pushing and grinding against one another. Even moreso, since it also describes an object that is moving whilst making this sound (A creaking elevator could mean that it is making this sound while moving, both implying the sound and the difficulty with which it moves).

What is the reason for this change?