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Most beautiful words

  • 11-12-2004 12:31am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,290 ✭✭✭


    http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1358930,00.html

    1 Mother
    2 Passion
    3 Smile
    4 Love
    5 Eternity
    6 Fantastic
    7 Destiny
    8 Freedom
    9 Liberty
    10 Tranquillity
    11 Peace
    12 Blossom
    13 Sunshine
    14 Sweetheart
    15 Gorgeous
    16 Cherish
    17 Enthusiasm
    18 Hope
    19 Grace
    20 Rainbow
    21 Blue
    22 Sunflower
    23 Twinkle
    24 Serendipity
    25 Bliss
    26 Lullaby
    27 Sophisticated
    28 Renaissance
    29 Cute
    30 Cosy
    31 Butterfly
    32 Galaxy
    33 Hilarious
    34 Moment
    35 Extravaganza
    36 Aqua
    37 Sentiment
    38 Cosmopolitan
    39 Bubble
    40 Pumpkin
    41 Banana
    42 Lollipop
    43 If
    44 Bumblebee
    45 Giggle
    46 Paradox
    47 Delicacy
    48 Peekaboo
    49 Umbrella
    50 Kangaroo
    51 Flabbergasted
    52 Hippopotamus
    53 Gothic
    54 Coconut
    55 Smashing
    56 Whoops
    57 Tickle
    58 Loquacious
    59 Flip-flop
    60 Smithereens
    61 Oi
    62 Gazebo
    63 Hiccup
    64 Hodgepodge
    65 Shipshape
    66 Explosion
    67 Fuselage
    68 Zing
    69 Gum
    70 Hen night


Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,730 ✭✭✭✭simu


    How trite most of them are!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,084 ✭✭✭✭Stark


    I know :eek: *vomits*


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Maybe it's just that the people involved didn't have large or overlapping vocabularies.
    .. the council asked more than 7,000 learners in 46 countries what they considered the most beautiful words in English language. Some 35,000 other people registered their favourites in an online poll run in the non-English speaking countries where the council operates.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,851 ✭✭✭PurpleFistMixer


    Okay, that list is too long to read all of them, but... ehh.. mother? Never considered that a beautiful word, I don't like the "th" sound so much.
    And I also dislike the fairly passive sounds of "smile", lack of any strong consonants, and I don't like the "yul" (as I'd pronounce it that is)...
    Okay, I could go on but I'll spare y'all.
    Perhaps they were chosen becuase of positive associations rather than sounds?

    And also, hen night = two words.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,580 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    What about "osmosis"? :(


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,730 ✭✭✭✭simu


    60 Smithereens

    Comes from the Irish word smidiríní. Woot!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 187 ✭✭shelly04


    i like;
    weekend
    holidays
    flange
    sound
    sorted
    daddy


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,464 ✭✭✭evilhomer


    not on the list, but always liked the word eloquent


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,543 ✭✭✭sionnach




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 283 ✭✭calis


    malarky. shud be used more often.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,195 ✭✭✭Corruptedmorals


    damien.m wrote:


    Heh. Ironic, since it actually means barbaric.

    Personally, I like the words apocalypse and minions. Oh, and exuberant.


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,738 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    apocryphal
    torpor
    haberdashery
    quorange


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,383 ✭✭✭peckerhead


    mellifluous.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,200 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Two words:

    Cellar..
    Door

    ;)


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