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| − | [[Image:Oom-pah_Horton_Hears_a_Who.png|right]] | + | [[Image:Oom-pah_Horton_Hears_a_Who.png|frame|right|alt=Oom-pah from Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears a Who!|The oom-pah and boom-pah are in there somewhere...]]Brass instrument native to the Whovian people of Whoville, who live on a speck of dust. When their world is threatened, they use this instrument to make noise enough to be heard by larger creatures. From the 1954 children's picture book ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horton_Hears_a_Who! Horton Hears a Who!]'' by Dr. Seuss. |
"Oompah" is an onomatopoeic word, based on the sound of a tuba, and dates back to the late 1870s. | "Oompah" is an onomatopoeic word, based on the sound of a tuba, and dates back to the late 1870s. | ||
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Revision as of 04:56, 12 June 2019
The oom-pah and boom-pah are in there somewhere...
Brass instrument native to the Whovian people of Whoville, who live on a speck of dust. When their world is threatened, they use this instrument to make noise enough to be heard by larger creatures. From the 1954 children's picture book Horton Hears a Who! by Dr. Seuss.
"Oompah" is an onomatopoeic word, based on the sound of a tuba, and dates back to the late 1870s.
They blew on bazookas and blasted great toots
On clarinets, oom-pahs and boom-pahs and flutes!
Great gusts of loud racket rang high through the air.
They rattled and shook the whole sky!
