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100 most beautiful words
« on: January 07, 2011, 10:35:19 pm »
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         http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/100_most_beautiful_words.html
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Re: 100 most beautiful words
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2011, 12:56:46 am »
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I remember reading somewhere that some guy (I'm sure he was important in some way) thought that the most beautifull word(s) in the english language was......


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Re: 100 most beautiful words
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2011, 01:50:12 am »
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Would anyone consider buying it? :|
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Re: 100 most beautiful words
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2011, 07:28:25 am »
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Quote from: Serene on January 08, 2011, 01:50:12 am
Would anyone consider buying it? :|

 I might, when I get my next windfall
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"People living deeply have no fear of death"
                                      -Anais Nin

"In the 2nd grade, they asked us what we wanted to be. I said I wanted to be a ballplayer and they laughed. In the 8th grade they asked the same question and I said a ballplayer again and they laughed a little more. By the 11th grade no one was laughing."
  -Johnny Bench, Hall of Fame baseball player

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Re: 100 most beautiful words
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2011, 01:19:29 pm »
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They did a survey of people who didn't natively speak English asking them what the nicest English word was and the survey indicated 'mother'. That's really interesting given that very few people call their mother 'mother', they say 'mum' which sounds closer.
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