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Do you have a fascination with a word for its wonderful, silly, or strange sound? It can be in another languge than English (if it is, please translate it).
I think that the word "pumpkin" sounds odd.
Arabic "yimkin" (perhaps) is another odd sounding word to me.
In Urdu: Ghar (home) is an odd word. I don't like it at all.
I don't like the way the word "because" sounds, but I love writing it, because of the way the letters join together. It's all so round and level. I like to feel the shape of it in my mouth as I write it or read it, but not when it's spoken. *shrug* I do like the way it sounds in French, though: "parce que."
I also like the word "maybe." I like it in English, but I really like it in French, too: "peut-être." I like a lot of French words.
I like the words "hey" and "hay," because you have to smile in order to say them. :)
I have a particular liking for words with a short 'u' sound and a soft ending such as 'slush', 'sludge', 'plush', 'nudge'. They have a rubbery feel to my ears.
Plinth and flibbertigibbet are two of my favourites.
But it beats living in a "car"!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pensive
I like the sound of the word "lullaby", though I find it odd.
I like the sound od the word shoe. Go ahead say it 5 times fast, it's almost like whistling.
For some reason I really like Norway, or Norwegian. I'm not sure why but they just sound...right?...I'm not sure if that's the right word for it.
I can't think of any more words that I like the sound of, but I'll post them once I think of them.:D
One of my favorite sounding words is alba, Italian for "dawn," though it is also related to the Latin albus, meaning "white," (like the beard on a certain Harry Potter character who takes this as his first name). I think it can sometimes mean "white" in Italian too, but that's sort of a poetic use.
One of my favorite words is one of the most common, "but." It is a very powerful word. Observe it's use in sentences (and in cnversation) and see how it transforms meaning.
edit: I apologize, I didn't realize this thread was on word sound rather than meaning. I'll still leave the post in, although the homonym of "but" (butt) draws quite a different reaction. :D
But that's interesting!
What do you guys all think of "garbage"?
"thing"! Where is that magic pulled from? It's like a lexical parsnip!
And then there is "snooze"!
i like using the word 'flummoxed'
And the phrase "pretty please".. if the person sayin it makes it sound somethink like "pwetty pwease!!" the expressions accompanied to it... looks and sounds good!