Favourite word

sun-star · 11-26-2004, 02:33 PM

What is your favourite word?

Apparently "mother" has been voted the most beautiful word in the English language:

link

(An Anglo-Saxon word, I'm pleased to note

)

Agree? Disagree?

Telcontar_Dunedain · 11-26-2004, 02:48 PM

My favourite word is quality but I wouldn't say that it's the most beautiful word.

Pytt · 11-26-2004, 03:42 PM

well, I think the norwegian word "Kjøttkak" is the finest word in the word

mother isn't that bad. it has a great sound. else I think emerge is a beautiful word.

Pirate · 11-26-2004, 09:42 PM

mother is an okay word. I like the word Mouth, Hair and Finger Tips. They are all so normal but somewhat romantic.

***Tessar*** · 11-27-2004, 12:07 AM

Pulchertudinous--thanks to Murcu.

jerseydevil · 11-27-2004, 12:46 AM

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

BeardofPants · 11-27-2004, 01:44 AM

Pants. .... aw c'mon, you were expecting that, right?

BeardofPants · 11-27-2004, 01:46 AM

Hey, what's with JD and tessar using those "u"s in their words?! Isn't the corruption supposed to work the other way? (those damned insidious 'z's!)

<edit>

It's pulchritudinous, not Pulchertudinous, Tessar.

Linaewen · 11-27-2004, 09:01 AM

Onomatopoeia

I have this word that I really like but I can't remember it right now. I like 'coalesce' too. I don't know, I love a lot of English words.

**Nurvingiel** · 11-27-2004, 10:27 AM

Pointy

inked · 11-27-2004, 11:19 AM

ELEEMOSYNARY

el·ee·mos·y·nar·y ( P ) Pronunciation Key (l-ms-nr, l--)
adj.
Of, relating to, or dependent on charity.
Contributed as an act of charity; gratuitous. See Synonyms at benevolent.

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[Medieval Latin elemosynrius, from Late Latin elemosyna, alms. See alms.]

FROM: www.dictionary.com

trippingly flows off the tongue, does it not?

Beren3000 · 11-27-2004, 04:40 PM

"mesmerize", "chanticleer" and "Laurelin" (sp?) (surely Tolkien didn't invest much thought into each name for nothing

)

Mercutio · 11-27-2004, 11:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tessar

Pulchertudinous--thanks to Murcu.

lol thank you

***Tessar*** · 11-28-2004, 12:17 AM

Anna when are you going to learn that I have my own special way of spelling things? Embrace my uniqueness, or fall before it in death!!!!! O_o

BeardofPants · 11-28-2004, 12:34 AM

Right you are, little mister sunshine, right you are. Unique.

inked · 11-28-2004, 01:01 AM

Hey, BoP,
Be a little eleemosynarius to the pulchritudinous, if you don't mind!

And, really, on this thread you choose to use "little" when a whole thesaurus of possibilities waits your command! Miniscule/minute/lilliputian/even, horrors, the politically correct: height challenged, vertically challenged/microscopic/munchkin.......................................... .....

***Jonathan*** · 11-28-2004, 09:04 AM

My favourite word of the day is "oh". JD says it all the time when we chat.

Linaewen · 11-28-2004, 09:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonathan

My favourite word of the day is "oh". JD says it all the time when we chat.

Is that so?

jerseydevil · 11-28-2004, 09:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonathan

My favourite word of the day is "oh". JD says it all the time when we chat.

Oh..

Lizra · 11-28-2004, 09:20 AM

I like "icky"..

11-26-2004, 02:33 PM	#1
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Favourite word What is your favourite word? Apparently "mother" has been voted the most beautiful word in the English language: link (An Anglo-Saxon word, I'm pleased to note ) Agree? Disagree? __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool. Last edited by sun-star : 11-26-2004 at 02:35 PM.

11-26-2004, 02:48 PM	#2
Telcontar_Dunedain Warrior of the House of Hador Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,651	My favourite word is quality but I wouldn't say that it's the most beautiful word. __________________ Then Huor spoke and said: "Yet if it stands but a little while, then out of your house shall come the hope of Elves and Men. This I say to you, lord, with the eyes of death: though we part here for ever, and I shall not look on your white walls again, from you and me a new star shall arise. Farewell!" The Silmarillion, Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Page 230

11-26-2004, 03:42 PM	#3
Pytt The Supreme Lord of The Northern Eagles Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: trondheim, norway Posts: 1,388	well, I think the norwegian word "Kjøttkak" is the finest word in the word mother isn't that bad. it has a great sound. else I think emerge is a beautiful word. __________________ Don't Panic!

11-26-2004, 09:42 PM	#4
Pirate Enting Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dancing with the Ligers Posts: 88	mother is an okay word. I like the word Mouth, Hair and Finger Tips. They are all so normal but somewhat romantic. __________________ "In a thousand years, there will be no men and women, just wankers, and that's fine by me. " ~Renton, Trainspotting

11-27-2004, 12:46 AM	#6
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11-27-2004, 12:07 AM	#5
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	Pulchertudinous--thanks to Murcu.

11-27-2004, 01:44 AM	#7
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Pants. .... aw c'mon, you were expecting that, right? __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

11-27-2004, 01:46 AM	#8
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Hey, what's with JD and tessar using those "u"s in their words?! Isn't the corruption supposed to work the other way? (those damned insidious 'z's!) <edit> It's pulchritudinous, not Pulchertudinous, Tessar. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords Last edited by BeardofPants : 11-27-2004 at 01:50 AM.

11-27-2004, 09:01 AM	#9
Linaewen Fair Dinkum Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,319	Onomatopoeia I have this word that I really like but I can't remember it right now. I like 'coalesce' too. I don't know, I love a lot of English words.

11-27-2004, 11:19 AM	#11
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	ELEEMOSYNARY el·ee·mos·y·nar·y ( P ) Pronunciation Key (l-ms-nr, l--) adj. Of, relating to, or dependent on charity. Contributed as an act of charity; gratuitous. See Synonyms at benevolent. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Medieval Latin elemosynrius, from Late Latin elemosyna, alms. See alms.] FROM: www.dictionary.com trippingly flows off the tongue, does it not? __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

11-27-2004, 04:40 PM	#12
Beren3000 Fëanorophobic Join Date: May 2004 Location: Between the pages of a book Posts: 1,417	"mesmerize", "chanticleer" and "Laurelin" (sp?) (surely Tolkien didn't invest much thought into each name for nothing )

11-28-2004, 12:17 AM	#14
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	Anna when are you going to learn that I have my own special way of spelling things? Embrace my uniqueness, or fall before it in death!!!!! O_o

11-28-2004, 12:34 AM	#15
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Right you are, little mister sunshine, right you are. Unique. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

11-28-2004, 01:01 AM	#16
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	Hey, BoP, Be a little eleemosynarius to the pulchritudinous, if you don't mind! And, really, on this thread you choose to use "little" when a whole thesaurus of possibilities waits your command! Miniscule/minute/lilliputian/even, horrors, the politically correct: height challenged, vertically challenged/microscopic/munchkin.......................................... ..... __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

11-28-2004, 09:04 AM	#17
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	My favourite word of the day is "oh". JD says it all the time when we chat. __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

11-28-2004, 09:20 AM	#20
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	I like "icky".. __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats!

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