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Message board > What is your beloved word?
What is your beloved word?
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misseleonora
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What is your beloved word?
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What�s the word in English you are in love with? A word it has no possible translation into your mother tongue, or you just think is unique? I love the word UPSET, it gives me me the idea of a bunch of indescribable feelings all bad and at the same time! Mine in Spanish is INCORDIO, it�s something like NUISANCE but not exactly the same. It has a strong sound and I save 2 o 3 words by saying just that only one. I will love these ones, if not for ever, until I fall for a couple of new ones ** Language is the milky way! Eleonora.
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17 Jul 2011
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valentinaper
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Very nice topic, misseleonora. Some people may say there is no such thing as a "favourite" word, but I agree with you. I think one of my favourite words is "chivalry". I have to use a lot of words in Greek to explain not only the meaning, but also the meaning of time and history in this word.
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17 Jul 2011
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edrodmedina
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One of my favorite words is serendipity. I like the way it sounds and the idea behind it. |
17 Jul 2011
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almaz
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This makes a nice change from the miserablist �words I hate � lists. I remember Stephen Fry singing the fluffy praises of the word �moist �. Me, I �ve always liked the word cribriform (mmm..means perforated, full of holes) but this is the first time I �ve managed to squeeze (mmm...) it into a discussion.
But I always find Scots/Scots English words more expressive and euphonic; words like speir (to ask questions, to inquire, as well as the more negative, to pry) or glaikit (foolish, stupid-looking). And of course, the old Scots word, glamour - which originally meant �enchantment �. There ye go now!
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17 Jul 2011
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