out of curiosity

[aesc]

What is your favorite word of all time, the word that fills you with bizarre, ineffable happiness whenever you get the chance to use or say it?

Mine is 'sloth,' although my favorite not-English word is Old English neorxnawong, which is the word for Paradise (as in, the Garden of Eden). Nay-orx-na-wong! Say it!

I ask this question periodically because I love words and I love it when people talk about them and enjoy them. It makes me happy and it relaxes me.

Back tonight with fic! \o/

Comments

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Isn't that interesting? I am actually working on something right now that has to do with synaesthetics in reading and what's called iconic language... That words for light (like brilliant, for example) have such a deep association with visual brightness that they sound light. That's a very simple way of putting it, but that is about as far as I've advanced in comprehending what these sorts of scholars are talking about :D

Funnily enough

[cinderlily.livejournal.com]

I have a few relatives on my dad's side who have synaethesia (which is a hard word to spell!) so I always assume I inherited a bit. One Uncle had it so badly that he refused to watch certain shows/read books because he said the words "Looked horrible".

I can see that though, the fact that my brain associates the words with light so I just connect the synapses or whichever. :) Another word I forgot though was "cadence". I want to name my daughter Cadence but my husband doesn't like it! Poop.