In American radio, film, and television, walla is a sound effect imitating the murmur of a crowd in the background. A group of actors brought together in the post-production stage of film production to create this murmur is known as a walla group. According to one story, walla received its name during the early days of radio, when it was discovered that having several people repeat the sound walla in the background was sufficient to mimic the indistinct chatter of a crowd. Nowadays, walla actors make use of real words and conversations, often improvised, tailored to the languages, speech patterns, and accents that might be expected of the crowd to be mimicked. Walla is called rhubarb in the UK and rhabarber in Germany, perhaps in part reflecting the varying textures of crowd noise in the different countries. Similar phrases are "carrots and peas" or "watermelon canteloupe, watermelon canteloupe". The TV show South Park often parodies this concept by having angry mobs mutter "rabble rabble rabble," sometimes clearly and distinctly. Walla! - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... Improvisation is the act of making something up as you go along. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... This article is about the TV series. ...

The British comedian Eric Sykes wrote, directed and starred in the 1969 film Rhubarb, in which all of the actors' dialogue consists of the word "rhubarb" repeated over and over. This gives the finished movie the general feeling of a silent film because it has no coherent dialogue, but with the crucial difference that the "rhubarb" dialogue still conveys the characters' emotions and moods. Eric Sykes in the Sykes TV series (DVD) The Plank (DVD cover) Eric Sykes, CBE (born May 4, 1923 in Oldham, Lancashire) is a British comedic writer and actor. ... Rhubarb was a 1969 British short film written and directed by Eric Sykes. ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ...

In Arabic, the word walla or wallah, is a way of swearing by God -- "wa allâh" literally means "and (the) God", but perhaps best translated as "by God". It is used frequently and casually for taking an oath, for swearing, or for emphasis. It is often given more emphasis and "swearing" character, by attaching a first person genitive suffix, -î, as in "wallahi", "my God". In Israel, walla is used as slang from Arabic, often as "oh my God". In addition, ya-allah is used in Israel to mean the same thing, as slang. Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ... By Allah (Arabic: Wallah) is Arabic expresion meaning [I promise] by God used to make a promise or express great credibility on a expresion. ... Allah is the Arabic language word for God. ... This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... This was the 4th album relesed by Disciple ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Grammatical person, in linguistics, is deictic reference to the participant role of a referent, such as the speaker, the addressee, and others. ... The genitive case is a grammatical case that indicates a relationship, primarily one of possession, between the noun in the genitive case and another noun. ... It has been suggested that Ending (linguistics) be merged into this article or section. ...

References

• Walla description from filmsound.org
• Using Walla Walla Crowd Sounds in Radio Drama
• Dictionary definition from dictionary.com