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04-11-2017, 10:43 AM
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Favorite Words
1.) Throstle
2.) Lingerie
3.) Widdershins
What you got?
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04-11-2017, 10:47 AM
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Felicity
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04-11-2017, 10:49 AM
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Boustrophedon.
I remember a childhood fairy tale (Irish, i think) where they go round the church three times widdershins to enter the fairy realm. I've liked the word since then.
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04-11-2017, 12:32 PM
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Petrichor
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04-11-2017, 12:42 PM
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Yeah, "petrichor" has īchōr (ἰχώρ) the blood of the gods in it. Pretty good, pretty good. Keep 'em comin'.
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04-11-2017, 01:17 PM
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curmudgeon
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04-11-2017, 01:20 PM
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My favorite German word is Äpfel. But I also like Kartoffelsalat.
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04-11-2017, 01:46 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RCL
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Subtle.
I just learned the word 'rorqual' from D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, and I am very glad to know it.
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04-11-2017, 02:10 PM
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I have favorite words I overuse. One favorite I've never yet been able to use: eftsoons
in Hungarian: szerecsendió
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04-11-2017, 03:31 PM
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incunabula
fichu
I really like saying them, but have never used them in a poem.
Susan
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