John McDonnell

Heathrow is in my constituency and I have been at both the Terminal 4 and Terminal 5 planning inquiries. At these inquiries my community has been assured by the inquiry inspectors, BAA and government ministers that each development would be the last piece of expansion of the airport because of its ever-increasing noise and air pollution.

British Politician

Used to describe sheep's emotions, like distress or contentment.

Emotion Expression

Imitates the actual sound of sheep, often used in children's books.

Onomatopoeic Usage

Use with adverbs to depict the loudness or softness of the sheep's vocalization.

Describing Volume

Conveys a rural or pastoral setting, creates farmyard or countryside imagery.

Atmospheric Imagery

Attributing human characteristics, used in stories to make animals seem more human-like.

Anthropomorphic Device

 You can write a story to your five-year-old child, depending on the story. You can write a parody, a song, a song that's a parody. You can write a play. You can write a nursery rhyme. I've read -- I mean, these a theories, though -- that "Baa, baa black sheep, Have you any wool," "Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full,"

Baa

The sound sheep and lambs make.

Often appears as...

The noise made by a sheep or lamb.

Often appears as...

Emotion Expression

Onomatopoeic Usage

Describing Volume

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