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minus-squarefxomt@lemm.eeOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agohttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ribbit https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Croak It appears ribbit is an onomatopoeia, but croak actually has history. so i think they’re both correct? i don’t know the history of the etymology of frog croaking in english, lol croak is more formal, but ribbit is an imitation of the sound?
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ribbit
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Croak
It appears ribbit is an onomatopoeia, but croak actually has history. so i think they’re both correct? i don’t know the history of the etymology of frog croaking in english, lol
croak is more formal, but ribbit is an imitation of the sound?