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A bit of background: JRR Tolkien developed a linguistic branch he called "phonaesthetics", the study of beauty of words. Many writers have agreed on "cellar doo
by yesbabyyes 2y ago
A bit of background: JRR Tolkien developed a linguistic branch he called "phonaesthetics", the study of beauty of words. Many writers have agreed on "cellar door" to be beautiful in terms of the sound of the phrase.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonaesthetics#Cellar_door https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonaesthetics#Cellar_door
- Wistar 2y agoInteresting. I have long thought the word “celerity” to be a beautiful word.
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- sparky_z 2y agoI've heard it said (perhaps apocryphally) that when non-English speakers are asked to judge words based purely on aesthetics, the word 'diarrhea' tends to rank quite highly.
- bregma 2y agoTo be fair, it does have a certain flow.
- 082349872349872 2y agoUsing generative Natural Intelligence, an italian wrote a top 40 song that sounded to 1970s non-english speakers as if it had had english lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VsmF9m_Nt8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VsmF9m_Nt8 (compare "abstract comics", "asemic writing")
- mindvirus 2y agoVery interesting, I'd always thought it was a made up thing from Donnie Darko.