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favourite words... in any language

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  • JosephWJosephW Veteran
    Anything with a silent "g", I always wondered why they were in there.
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Gentle Man Veteran
    JosephW said:

    Anything with a silent "g", I always wondered why they were in there.

    Sigh. :D

    MaryAnne
  • ToshTosh Veteran
    edited March 2013
    Self moderated; sorry.
  • Invincible_summerInvincible_summer Heavy Metal Dhamma We(s)t coast, Canada Veteran
    I'm re-learning French at the moment, and fell in love with this word:

    malheureusement

    It translates to "unfortunately," but the meaning isn't what I like. I just like the way the word just flows...
  • sndymornsndymorn Veteran
    I just thought of this one: Salsipuedes.
    One often finds towns in Spanish speaking countries named this.
    It means ," get out if you can."
  • Jason_PDKJason_PDK Explorer
    I like 'alas', nobody uses it anymore..
    shanyin
  • shanyinshanyin Novice Yogin Sault Ontario Veteran
    I know, alas is awsome
  • JeffreyJeffrey Veteran
    I like entshuldigung (sic) the german excalamation of 'excuse me'.. It just sounds like a round happy word.
    Invincible_summer
  • ThailandTomThailandTom Veteran
    I have no ida why whatsoever but I like how the word 'schematic' sounds :hrm:
  • HoteiHotei
    "Mahdi"
  • Invincible_summerInvincible_summer Heavy Metal Dhamma We(s)t coast, Canada Veteran
    @ThailandTom - Do you pronounce it "shhuhmatic" or "skuhmatic" or "skeematic?"
  • ThailandTomThailandTom Veteran
    Invincible_summer said:

    @ThailandTom - Do you pronounce it "shhuhmatic" or "skuhmatic" or "skeematic?"

    Personally none, I pronounce it like 'scamatic' lol, very poor I know, but the closest would be skeetmatic I guess. Yourself?
  • Invincible_summerInvincible_summer Heavy Metal Dhamma We(s)t coast, Canada Veteran
    "Skuhmatic" for me. I was just trying to get a sense of which pronunciation you find appealing :p
  • John_SpencerJohn_Spencer Veteran
    ...badger...
    Jeffrey
  • ThailandTomThailandTom Veteran
    Haberdashery
    Invincible_summer
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited March 2013
    Lemniscate.

    The figure 8 on its side, which means perpetual and unending, infinity... made into beautiful art....

    http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqfutlPEKL1qfwqv9o1_500.png

    JeffreyInvincible_summer
  • Jason_PDKJason_PDK Explorer
    With the advent of 'txt spk', whom seems to have fallen into disuse.... I love whom.
  • CittaCitta Veteran
    edited March 2013
    I recently texted something to one of my granddaughters which she found amusing and she texted back

    " totes lolz ".

    in UK textspeak " totes" is an abbreviation of totally and of course lolz is the plural of lol.
  • lamaramadingdonglamaramadingdong Veteran
    giblets
    Invincible_summer
  • Invincible_summerInvincible_summer Heavy Metal Dhamma We(s)t coast, Canada Veteran
    edited March 2013
    Ooo I also like the word "smarmy!"


    @Citta - People in Canada use "totes" as well to mean "totally." Whenever I hear it, it gives me very good "non-judging" practice! :lol:

    Whenever I hear that, I always think of something like this:

    image
  • Jason_PDKJason_PDK Explorer
    'Lest', I think there's something very poetic about it.
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    Jason_PDK said:

    With the advent of 'txt spk', whom seems to have fallen into disuse.... I love whom.

    I love 'whence'....
    And when people insist on putting 'from' in front of it, I get really peeved!! :D
    Invincible_summerThailandTomJason_PDK
  • nenkohainenkohai Veteran
    fiduciary
  • riverflowriverflow Veteran
    nenkohai said:

    fiduciary

    I had to Google that one!
    nenkohai
  • zombiegirlzombiegirl beating the drum of the lifeless in a dry wasteland Veteran
    Citta said:


    in UK textspeak " totes" is an abbreviation of totally and of course lolz is the plural of lol.

    In the US too @Citta :)
  • CittaCitta Veteran
    zombiegirl said:

    Citta said:


    in UK textspeak " totes" is an abbreviation of totally and of course lolz is the plural of lol.

    In the US too @Citta :)
    Its likely we got it from you.. I just wasnt sure if it would be in use across the pond. ;)
  • JeffreyJeffrey Veteran
    edited March 2013
    The most fun word as a kid:

    Em eye es es eye ess ess eye pee pee eye

    (Mississipi, which is a state in the USA)
  • Invincible_summerInvincible_summer Heavy Metal Dhamma We(s)t coast, Canada Veteran
    Auf Deutsch - "sicherheit." It's often translated as "security."

    The suffix "-heit" in German usually denotes a state of being. "Sicher" means "secure," "certain," "sure." So "sicherheit" basically means "the state of being secure/certain/sure."

    Somehow, when it's broken down that way, it's almost comforting and somewhat poetic. To me, anyway.
  • ZendoLord84ZendoLord84 Veteran
    eierdopje

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