WONK. WONK WONK?

[ThisAdamGuy]

So, in the chapter I'm working on in Henry Rider 3, Henry and her friends have been trapped inside their world's version of D&D, and they have to steal something from a colony of penguimps (half penguin, half goblin). I decided it would be funny if the penguimps could only say "WONK!" but I'm a little worried that it might come across as annoying. They're only here for this one chapter. Here's a piece of it. What do you think, do I need to scale it back?

“Well, hi there!” I said as cheerfully as I could. “What’s your name, little guy?”

“WONK WONK WONK!” it wonked in response, pointing one of its wings at me. “WONK WONK?”

“He says that we have trespassed on his people's sacred land,” Yin whispered, “and asks why he shouldn't have us all eviscerated right now.”

I turned to look at her in surprise. “You speak penguimp?”

She shrugged, her eyes never leaving the penguimp in front of us. “There aren’t many languages out there that I can’t speak, Rhyen.”

“WONK WONK!”

“And he wants you to stop ignoring him,” she added.

I put my hands on my hips and smiled at the penguimp. “I want to tell you a joke!”

Behind me, I heard Yin and Hamstring both slap their foreheads.

“WONK WONK,” wonked the penguimp. “WONK WONKWONKWONK WONK.”

 

[TreasureHouse]

It's only a chapter, so why not dial it up instead?

 

[ThisAdamGuy]

It's only a chapter, so why not dial it up instead?

That's only one part of the larger chapter. They're wonking it up pretty constantly throughout the entire thing.

 

[Valmond]

It's only a chapter, so why not dial it up instead?

Fine, what’s the number?

 

[Alski]

If the WONK to chapter length ratio is <5% you are probably fine.

 

[Prince_Azmiran_Myrian]

Reminds me of the adults speaking in charlie brown.

 

[TreasureHouse]

Fine, what’s the number?

 

[CharlesEBrown]

So basically they're bird-like Groots? If they could get through three movies and a special with a character having a five word vocabulary (I, Am, Groot, We and Are), one chapter should be fine.

 

[Theresaisnotmenhera]

I think that's fine, but if there is one part where I would nitpick, it is the dialogue tag, wonked, which I feel is redundant at best and might be better replaced with an action tag.
Sort of like including 'she said angrily' in a dialogue that a reader can tell is angry.