[Maryann Corbett]

Originally Posted by Adam Elgar

The name of the Finnish composer, Einojuhani Rautavaara.

Adam, that's the way I feel about almost all Finnish names. Kalevala. Eero Saarinen...

[Richard Meyer]

Will Rogers said, "I never met a man I didn't like." Well, most of us could probably disagree with that observation. But I've never met a word I didn't like, even though as a writer I may like some more than others.

Richard

[Angela Reed]

I’m partial to telluric, involute, cynic, lithe, dulcimer, ziggurat, anodyne, cinnabar, whither, chthonic, and Nineveh.

I see the list has dulcet and cynosure, which at least share roots with a couple of mine. Oh, and lithe is there.

As for the ugliest words: well, there’s always absquatulate. I’ve never actually seen it used, and no wonder.

[Brian Watson]

Toblerone

Aqua Velva

Molotov cocktail

dunebuggy

vajazzle

[Rick Mullin]

Hamburger.

[Allen Tice]

Here you are, Rick, but it's not kosher.

[Michael Cantor]

Ratatouille made it, but not the lissome, flowing cassoulet? Mais non! I smell a vegetarian rat.

By the way - who determined this list? Was there a committee? And, if so, why for shit's sakes didn't I get a goddammed crack at it?

[Roger Slater]

Abby Cadabby loves all words equally, unlike the pompous elitists who compiled the list.

http://youtu.be/cjRQ6VyG1Yw

[Skip Dewahl]

All this reminds of the French fellow from Louisiana on his first visit to Paris, whom, after having seen the Louvre and gone up the Eiffel Tower, asked a tour guide what he would recommend besides these two. "Did you ever try a cabriolet?" The La. guy stared at him in disgust and said, "A cochon de lait, yes, but a cabri au lait, never...and that's how it's gonna stay", as he walked away mumbling, "Goat cooked in milk, humph!"

[Susan d.S.]

Proper names can also be beautiful words. Porfirio Rubirosa, one of the best names. Celtic words: Aran, chalice, burn, curragh. Eeeee sounds are lovely, too: Eve, weave, sheave. And all Italian words that describe food: pappardelle, prosciutto, tramezzino, barolo, luciferi...

That list is not my list. "Bungalow"?