Tuesday, February 13, 2024

What is the sound of one hand clapping?

 I take attendance by having the students answer a question (previously 2016, 2017, 2019).

What is the sound of one hand clapping? Students mostly picked some popular onomatopoeias (or no): 

  • clap (10)
  • snap (6)
  • no sound (3)
Then a lot of singletons:

  • faint clap (1)
  • snup (1)
  • plap (1)
  • tap (1)
  • *pop* (1)
  • plup (1)
  • plap (1)
  • hit (1)
  • not possible (1)
  • finger snap (1)

Two people were present in class but chose, as a way of expressing themselves, to checkmark next to their name on the sign-in sheet but leave the space for answering the question blank.


This post's theme word is gowpen (n), "two hands cupped together." Give me one gowpen of thoughtful questions, please.

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