Omphale ([info]dryadwoman) wrote,
@ 2009-02-05 11:11:00
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Current mood: in vacant or in pensive mood
Entry tags:word love, words

English isn't exactly *couth* sometimes, is it?
Words I like
churn
mediaeval
comma
resonant
tundra
soundly trounced
alveoli
sylph

Words I dislike
arrant
surely
struggling
you


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[info]nicodeimus
2009-02-05 12:07 am UTC (link)
Assonance. And synthesis. I like 's' words, partly because I have an occasional lisp :)

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[info]dryadwoman
2009-02-05 06:05 am UTC (link)
So, sibilance then? ;~P

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[info]nicodeimus
2009-02-05 05:57 pm UTC (link)
Sinuous *shiver*
*likes words too much*

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[info]dryadwoman
2009-02-05 10:57 pm UTC (link)
Ossified...

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[info]sanat
2009-02-05 01:14 am UTC (link)
I used to like "succulent" personally, but now it grates somehow.

O hai, we have Friends and interests in common. Hope you don't mind me adding.

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[info]dryadwoman
2009-02-05 06:03 am UTC (link)
O hai. Go for your life!

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[info]amarynth
2009-02-05 04:51 am UTC (link)
Have you ever seen the Monty Python sketch exploring the dichotomy between tinny and woody words?

It was very nice running into you on the bus, by the way.

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[info]dryadwoman
2009-02-05 06:04 am UTC (link)
Yes, I was thinking about that while I was writing this post. It needs re-watching.

Right back at ya.

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[info]tamarillow
2009-02-09 10:42 am UTC (link)
I'm really fond of refulgent.

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