wham-bam

[Inna Caron]

Paul Gallagher wrote:

> Although in my generation, "wham-bam" has another, inappropriate 
>association...

As in "wham-bam, thank you, ma'am"? My thoughts precisely. With that in mind, I would translate it into Russian as "trakh-bakh," which would transfer both the sound effect and the aforementioned implied association.

Inna Caron
Ohio State University

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