The ‘hum’ of conversation. The hum of conversation.
This is a well worn phrase I’m trying to avoid in my writing. What does background noise mean when you hear other people talking? What do you use to replace hum, which I am looking for? I came up with’murmur’ but ideally, I’d like a word that suggests deep pitch. I’m writing about a group of men, and in my head, I compare the sound of their voices to stones would make as they bounce off each other while being carried along by a river. “trundle”? I thought ‘gravel’, but then, I plan to use that word a short distance away, and I hate clumsy repeats.
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To
make the quiet sound of water moving over rocks also
purl To
flow or ripple with a murmuring sound.
Is there a single point in every book in the world that’s good for you?
Amid the chatter, chitchat, jabbering, yammering, clacking, yakking,… Non-onomatopoeic
‘group of men’: shooting the breeze, chewing the fat,…
“A rumble of men’s voices” might be an appropriate phrase, using rumble’s sense “a low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach”. Heavier
and sound “Something else”.
To
make the quiet sound of water moving over rocks also
purl To
flow or ripple with a murmuring sound.
Is there a single point in every book in the world that’s good for you?
How does lithophonic drones work: sounds are analogously labelled as hum, hum, noise but not strictly quantimal.
A lithophone is used for musical instruments, and is based on the sound of the music as it is played at
high frequency to produce music notes (from the beat of that point)
How does lithophonic drones work: sounds are analogously labelled as hum, hum, noise but not strictly quantimal.
A lithophone is used for musical instruments, and is based on the sound of the music as it is played at
high frequency to produce music notes (from the beat of that point)
Amid the chatter, chitchat, jabbering, yammering, clacking, yakking,… Non-onomatopoeic
‘group of men’: shooting the breeze, chewing the fat,…
On the other hand, since OP wants a word evocative of running water it’s worth noting 24,900
instances in Blogging Brooklyn and OP could go with murmur, but I and most other Anglophones
tend to use buzz…. On the other
hand, since OP wants a
word evocative of running water. 12,000 instances babbling brook 47,000 instances in Google Books babble of conversation 240,900 instances. Whether he was referring to this word or
“A rumble of men’s voices” might be an appropriate phrase, using rumble’s sense “a low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach”. Heavier
and sound “Something else”.
Is there any special description it can have of that person? The room was filled with a din of conversation. If you’re with friends at a busy bar with friends, you must compete with the din in the room in order to hold a conversation. In your case, I might say something like, “The room was filled with the baritone din of conversation. What
is the difference between “nice and great” and “good things”?
