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Written by April King on 2024-12-27 at 00:25

hey chat, i need your help with a bit of fiction i’m writing.

what would you say is the onomatopoeia of a modem connecting?

please feel free to be as elaborate as necessary.

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Written by Irenes (many) on 2024-12-27 at 00:34

@april bng-bng-bng-bng-BONGGGGGG.... buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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Written by mx alex tax1a - 2020 (5) on 2024-12-27 at 01:09

@ireneista @april we'd go "psssshk" instead of "buzz"

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Written by Irenes (many) on 2024-12-27 at 01:21

@atax1a @april yeah based on the other responses it seems like most people imagine it as a softer sound than we do

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Toot

Written by Irenes (many) on 2024-12-27 at 01:23

@atax1a @april also we left out the short, quiet hiss between the bongs and the final success thingy, because although it's part of the experience to us it feels like it's quiet enough that it's kinda off the lower end of what we can represent in text when we're also representing the other parts

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