• Replies 47 replies
  • Subscribers 38 subscribers
  • Views 7954 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
Related
Hints and tips
  • To quote someone's message, first select/highlight the relevant text, and then use the Quote button that appears
  • To "mention" someone, type @ followed by the start of the forum name, and choose from the list; that person will get a notification of being mentioned

Favourite Words

AnnieH

So I have always loved reading and wondered if anyone had a favourite word or phrase?

I read a lot of historical fiction so my favourites tend to be of a bygone era. I love the word melancholic. I also love the word apothecary. I can't tell you why but I just love the sound of them in my head. If I say them out loud it doesn't sound the same though. Weird.

I love words that really capture the essence of their meaning so that you instantly get a strong image just from reading them. Words often get stuck in my head, which I suppose is a bit like mental echolalia (a new favourite of mine ha ha).

Would be interested to see if anyone else feels likewise.

Parents Reply
  • in reply to Autimator

    The Welsh just haven’t bothered to write in the extra vowel that separates

    slovak language has that too, written words without vowels, and then you need to know where to put them to pronounce the word

    e.g.

    vrh, read as vyrh (mountain top)

    krk, ead as kyrk (neck)

    y is shortly hardly pronunced english ee

    there is 4 different versions of ee actually, and many other peculiarities LOL

    I found slovak language to have the most complicated pronunciation among slavic languages

Children
No Data