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Old 11-19-2006, 12:54 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Hi!

I really like the word paranoia. Not the concept, just the sound.

What words do you like? If it's in a non-English language could you also give a translation?
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Old 11-19-2006, 02:11 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I really like the word paranoia. Not the concept, just the sound.

What words do you like? If it's in a non-English language could you also give a translation?
Like you ZenDude, the word I choose is 'serendipity - the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for', for the way it sounds, kinda sounds like what it means
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Old 11-19-2006, 02:45 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Ah!

The sound made when you get something, when you have an orgasm and the sound contained in practically every name for God such as Tara, Buddha, Krishna, Yah, Jah, Yeheshua, Saraswati, Wakantanka, Quan Yin...
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Old 11-19-2006, 09:07 AM   #4 (permalink)
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This isn't a word, it's two, but...
How about Cellar Door?

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"Most English-speaking people...will admit that cellar door is 'beautiful', especially if dissociated from its sense (and from its spelling). More beautiful than, say, sky, and far more beautiful than beautiful. Well then, in Welsh for me cellar doors are extraordinarily frequent, and moving to the higher dimension, the words in which there is pleasure in the contemplation of the association of form and sense are abundant."
That's what immediately came to mind for me.
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Old 11-19-2006, 09:25 AM   #5 (permalink)
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I prefer the sound of the silence betweeen words, that is the most beautiful sound to me, because it is in the silence that more can be said than in a thousand words....
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Old 11-19-2006, 09:26 AM   #6 (permalink)
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My favorite words is ethereal.
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My favourite word is love, it just speaks volumes to me.
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Personal favourite: mellifluous. It just flows off the tongue
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concuspiscence... maybe though Beautiful is very beautiful...
ecstasy
orgasmic...

I should stop I think.
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Old 11-19-2006, 01:31 PM   #10 (permalink)
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faith

ooo and superflouis (spelling)?
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My favourite word is love, it just speaks volumes to me.
Unfortunately it is a word that has been abused and consequently has lost much of its meaning.

There are also different definitions of love such as romantic love, sexual love and plenty of others which add to the confusion.
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Old 11-20-2006, 06:13 AM   #14 (permalink)
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syzygy

I like the sound, and I like the spelling.
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perspicacity \pur-spuh-KAS-uh-tee\, noun:
Clearness of understanding or insight; penetration, discernment.

Must remember to use that in conversation more often!
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Old 11-20-2006, 11:29 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Old 11-20-2006, 12:57 PM   #17 (permalink)
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It's a hard call. I've always liked "chrysalis" I guess (the pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon).
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most beautiful word: silence

(re: my edit: oops. though the request was for most interesting word, not most beautiful)

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I like hearing the word "Blaine" on a frequent basis.
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May I have two, please?

1. Simplicity

2. Bali (often called as "island of gods" and also a place I'll rest my body when my journey ends)
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OK, I'll play. My favortie is: "".
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Spirited

It's half of the new slogan the Canadian province of Manitoba has made to help reshape our image, and I think it's working.
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Life.......
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Steve, do you like the WORD life, or the meaning behind it?

Because Life is a weird word to like lol
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Perichoresis

and

Glossalalia

also

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Lots of the words count. One of many possible variations - the favorite word of the day:

Temperamental

Sounds cool and meaning is clever
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A also like the word:

Emotion
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Shamballa,

Luminescência (portuguese for luminescence)
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