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Old 04-18-2010, 08:10 AM   #16
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Shingle has always been my favourite word; the perfect word for the wave washed stones on a beach.
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Old 04-18-2010, 08:53 AM   #17
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There was a linguistics conference three years ago that I attended in Bangkok. At lunch I was sitting at a table with a linguist from Mexico and one from Thailand, listening as they talked. Mexican culture and Thai cultures both tend to be quite relaxed and laid back, but this really clarified the situation....

Thai Linguist: "I have been thinking about your Spanish use of the word 'mañana.' I think it is a wonderful word with so very many shades of meaning, and the Mexican people use it with so much effect!"
Mexican Linguist: "Thank you, yes. We use this word often, and it has many shades of meaning to us. Please tell me... in your Thai language, do you have such a word?"
The Thai linguist thinks about this a moment and replies:
"No, I don't think we have a word that conveys quite so much urgency!"


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Old 04-18-2010, 09:07 AM   #18
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For no reason that I can think of, I've always had a soft spot for the word "enunciate".
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Old 04-18-2010, 09:11 AM   #19
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Eleven and Twelve, but only when written out, not as numerals. Very elven.
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Old 04-18-2010, 09:15 AM   #20
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Eleven and Twelve, but only when written out, not as numerals. Very elven.
As an aside, "eleven plus two" is an anagram of "twelve plus one" as well as being mathematically correct
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Old 04-18-2010, 09:18 AM   #21
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'Arctic' has a certain resonance.

First for its coolness, but second its elements. 'Arc' seems to hint at the thin curved edge of the world, while 'tic' recalls the shivering you might do while there.

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Old 04-18-2010, 09:21 AM   #22
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I'm pretty fond of "Serpiginous" (snake-like, generally used in a medical sense as in "skin lesions with serpiginous margins")
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Old 04-18-2010, 09:25 AM   #23
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'Arctic' has a certain resonance.

First for its coolness, but second its elements. 'Arc' seems to hint at the thin curved edge of the world, while 'tic' recalls the shivering you might do while there.

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and that would make Antarctic ?

a coldness like the pitter patter of ant feet on cold skin ?
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Old 04-18-2010, 09:27 AM   #24
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'Arctic' has a certain resonance.

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and that would make Antarctic ?

a coldness like the pitter patter of ant feet on cold skin ?
Yes - excellent! Although the fact that the majority of people in my experience fail to pronounce the second 'c' kind of spoils the effect sometimes.
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Old 04-18-2010, 09:38 AM   #25
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and that would make Antarctic ?

a coldness like the pitter patter of ant feet on cold skin ?
Brrrr!

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Old 04-18-2010, 09:57 AM   #26
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"Humuhumunukunukuapua'a" or Hawaiian Trigger Fish to you. Okay, it may not be the nicest word I know but it is arguably the longest.

I suppose you could make a case for the word 'Okay'. It is the most recognized word in the world. You hear it in every country and, ironically, it's an artificial word made up by young upper middle class males in Boston, at least according to Bill Bryson in The Mother Tongue
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Old 04-18-2010, 10:30 AM   #27
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As an aside, "eleven plus two" is an anagram of "twelve plus one" as well as being mathematically correct
Is that true? I can't see (or think) well enough this norning to figure it out.
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Old 04-18-2010, 05:07 PM   #28
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I'm sure I read (years ago) that 'Okay' - originally 'OK' came from an American Civil War report which stated 'orl korrect'?

BTW I vote for 'glissade', flows so smoothly off the tongue.
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Old 06-03-2010, 08:34 PM   #29
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Spanish is my second language, but I love the word 'idiatico' (no, silly, it doesn't mean idiot), lol
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