The most beautiful word in the English language is.....
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anna, here's something I think you'll appreciate. It's from a Bob Dylan interview ...
BOB DYLAN: "The first girl that I remember liking me, her name was Gloria Story - Gloria Story, I mean, that was her real name. The second girlfriend was named Echo. That's pretty strange. I've never met anybody named Echo. Both these girls, by the way, brought out the poet in me."
BOB DYLAN: "The first girl that I remember liking me, her name was Gloria Story - Gloria Story, I mean, that was her real name. The second girlfriend was named Echo. That's pretty strange. I've never met anybody named Echo. Both these girls, by the way, brought out the poet in me."
May I cheat a bit and entertain an Italian word for a moment?
chiaroscuro
Everytime I say it I smell paint.
chiaroscuro
Everytime I say it I smell paint.
annabenedetti
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anna, here's something I think you'll appreciate. It's from a Bob Dylan interview ...
BOB DYLAN: "The first girl that I remember liking me, her name was Gloria Story - Gloria Story, I mean, that was her real name. The second girlfriend was named Echo. That's pretty strange. I've never met anybody named Echo. Both these girls, by the way, brought out the poet in me."
Gloria Story, that's a name that you just wouldn't forget. I probably won't - next time I meet a Gloria, I'll probably think of Gloria Story. :chuckle:
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1. Are you an artist, by any chance?
2. Almost any Italian word is going to be beautiful, by definition.
3. I love the layers of meaning behind the word "pentimento."
1. I am not by any stretch. My wife was an art teacher/art historian. I met her in college, and I spent a lot of time with her in the art building. It always had this incredible smell of clay and moisture and paint....earthy.
2. :think: That is probably true.
3. I had heretofore never heard that word.
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Art history is fascinating to me and I enjoyed the classes I took in it, but I always knew when I was in that building that I was just passing through, a sojourner in a strange land.
I know what you mean about earthy, and now that I think about it, earthy in that sense is a beautiful and evocative word. :think:
I know what you mean about earthy, and now that I think about it, earthy in that sense is a beautiful and evocative word. :think:
Thats pretty, its my friends wife's name also, I like it. (not sure its spelled just like that, but gotta be close)
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Thunder's Muse
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I was gonna say this...
It's actually my favourie word....
"I'll be back before you can say 'Antidisestablishmentarianism'." ~ Black Adder
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My daughters have pretty sounding names... Imogen and Portia
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My daughters have pretty sounding names... Imogen and Portia
Those are lovely names indeed.
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Those are lovely names indeed.
Thanks
They are Shakespearian.
My son's name is Liam which is an old Irish form of William (my fave boys name).
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They are Shakespearian.
My son's name is Liam which is an old Irish form of William (my fave boys name).
You did an excellent job in the naming department, then. And I think they must sound wonderful with an Australian accent.
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:chuckle:
Everything sounds wonderful with an Australian accent
I agree. :chuckle:
I love listening to people with accents. We Americans really do rip to shred words that by rights ought to sound beautiful. I read an interesting study about how we form our "r" sound differently than IIRC every other linguistic group. Reminds me of this: (start at about the 1 min. mark)
| My American Accent | |