germany's most beautiful word

[kronas]

the search is on for the most beautiful sounding word in germany.

currently there have been thousands of entrys some of which are:

German, for example, has a word to describe that niggling melody you just cannot get out of your head - 'Ohrwurm', literally 'earworm'.

'Eisenbahnknoten' is a 'knot of rail-lines' or, in other words, a railway junction.

And 'Kulturbeutel' - literally (body) care bag - is the toilet bag used to take toothbrush and shampoo

Lebenslust - zest for life
Erdbeermund - voluptuous lips
Glueck - happiness
Liebe - love
Mitgefuehl - compassion
Mut - courage
Sehnsucht - longing
Vergissmeinnicht - forget-me-not

the competiton is being judged by musicians and authors filmakers as well as other proffesions.

source: BBC news

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3943507.stm

go on you know what i am going to ask........ whats your favorite english sounding word...... ?

My personal favourute has to be - ********.

Not to blow my own trumpet, but I have been complimented on my oral skills.

[Maggy J]

Originally Posted by Earl of Bronze

My personal favourute has to be - ********..

Not to blow my own trumpet, but I have been complimented on my oral skills.

This must be a record.Only the second reply and you win one of these.



Incog.

[MetaWraith]

not spelling skills obviously

Originally Posted by MetaWraith

not spelling skills obviously

Mmmm...... or maybe he just got tongue tied thinking about it..........

[Maggy J]

Originally Posted by kink

Mmmm...... or maybe he just got tongue tied thinking about it..........

Would you like a medal?

[Russ]

OK...can we please keep this thread margainly above the gutter....

Originally Posted by Incognitas

Would you like a medal?

Well...... if you can't give me a man who doesn't lie, a family that doesn't drive you to the brink of insanity, thousands of pounds or a new body that doesn't require more cosmetic surgery than i can afford.......

Then the medal will have to do




Edit: Oh russ....... you're just upset because you started a similar thread a while back....... /board/24/2125-your-favourite-word.html&

[Maggy J]

OK just for kink.

[BBKing]

I like 'susurrate' and 'chintz'.

[Dave Stones]

i dont know about favourite, but two words i hate are "moist" and "damp"...

guess a favourite at the moment would be "surrepticiously" (sp)... i dont know why, just the first word that came to my head...

Originally Posted by MetaWraith

not spelling skills obviously

Clearly not a cunning linguist...!

[kronas]

Originally Posted by Graham

Clearly not a cunning linguist...!

wierd, i was going to choose 'linguistic' as my word before i had to dash off after i posted that

[MetaWraith]

My favourite English word would be Serendipitous,
I leave it as an exercise for the reader to look it up.

The following is an extract from one of my webpages,it lists some of my favorite words in various languages

Mokita

New Guinea, noun.
The truth that everyone knows but no one admits. I'd give examples which we'd all know are true, but... well, it's better left unsaid. There's plenty of mokita in your office, in social politics, and among your friends.

Ta

Chinese, verb.
The understanding that lets one take things lightly. When you're certain of your skill, you face situations with a relaxed confidence. The opposite is concerned, purposive action. Western culture since Socrates has valued attentive thought. Heidegger however shows this is a fundamental mistake.

Tao

Chinese, noun and verb.
Pronouced "dao". The way that nature develops. This can be the flow of a raindrop on your window pane or the way a human is born, lives, and dies.

Wabi

Japanese, noun.
A flaw that gives elegance and uniqueness to the whole. Western culture sees beauty in mass produced technical symmetry, such as a Porsche Boxster. Japanese however appreciate the wabi of a cracked tea cup that distinguishes it from all other tea cups. This can be as simple as the tiny crack in one's favorite cup. Everyone's face has wabi.

Won

Korean noun.
The unwillingness to let go of the illusions, thus causing the suffering. When one is in a bad relationship, job, or political situation, one refuses to exit it and one suffers. Our racist, militarist, enviromentally destructive political structures continue because we let them do it. One day, the East Germans stopped believing their government and a few days later, it just collapsed.

Zanshin

Japanese, noun.
A relaxed alertness. Many people think that to be relaxed is to escape from one's surroundings; my cat dozes on the window sill and is aware of everything.

[Theodoric]

Well, as we seem to have glided smoothly from German to English words, may I add mellifluous and melodious to the list.