> > BTW, does anyone have a suggestion for a different name for the
> > English version? Seems the connotations of plopp aren't making it a
> > suitable name in English ;-)
>
> How about "Poof"?
>
> This is the sound with which things (often magically) appear and
> disappear in comics.
>
> It's also used to dispense with drudgery or worries, as in, "Poof.  It
> was nothing."

     But sadly, it's a problematic word in Australia.


-C