Word: rrango
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...simpler way of being pounded to jelly is to read a novel by France's Louis-Ferdinand Cèline. No rubber hose can convey the feel of Cèline, nor can his own favorite exclamations, such as "Bam!", "Bang!", "Zoom!", "Zimm!", "Rrpp!", "Rrooo!", "Rraap!", "Rrango!", "Whah...
Celine's language, however, makes a crisis seem monotonous. Note his description of a bombardment scene: .". . .Rraapl. . . Whah!. . . Rrango!. . . Whah!. . . Rroong!. . . That's about the noises made by a real molten torpedo. . . the most enormous! In the heart of a black and green volcanol. . . What a burst of fire!. . . Another bomb grazing us! goes exploding right into the current. . . The blast rocks us. . . Your guts all ripped out. . . Your heart popping into your mouth...
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