What do you think is the most beautiful word in the English language?

LOVE

“rubbish” i realy like that one

cacophony

I quite like the word

vivacious

Aesthetic is another one I enjoy.

Oh and standoffish :P

“It’s benign”

also fortuitous and pedantic.
But I’m sorry, I’ll stop now :P

nirvana

Gravitas. It is a word that sounds like what it means.

Aardvark :)

I wonder if people who speak other languages think the English language sounds as beautiful as we think there language sounds like French and Italian etc.

I’m pretty sure the French think their language is the most beautiful in the world haha joke :p

LOL. I agree

hmmm, one for vincent and davey, the best dutch word? mine goes for

Gastronomie

Mellifluous- looks a bit daunting, but it’s one of those cool words that truly embodies its meaning.

Axion – It’s just fun to say.

Bliss would be a beautiful word for me as a forigner.

“cellar door” anyone?

I was going to say that, but I resisted. I throw around too many Donnie Darko quotes these days :P Spantastic movie.

chlamydia, if you’ve seen Waiting you will know what im talking about

I just really love the letter “a”. Lowercase and set in Helvetica is even better.

Almost any word sounds funny if you repeat it over and over.

Yes, and then you get confused and wonder about the meaning too if you say it enough times.

murmur

ecstasy or ecstatic

@Hollister – actually, just yesterday I said someone I don’t really consider the English beautiful. Then again, I also wouldn’t consider it ugly like I do German.

@iwamoto – gastronomie is a nice one :)

I think I’d go for “ren” (as in running) off the top of my head, pronounced with that lovely rolling r. Think Ren Lenny Ren :)

euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, rapture, joy, peace

what about

bagatelle

ooh and

retort

And one more before I got to bed and stop hogging this thread. I learnt it today reading Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaimon:

Loquacious

(Sister Mary Loquacious of the Chattering Order)

On the Howard Stern show, once, they revealed to their listening audience the results of a survery. The survey’s participants were all people who didn’t understand a word of English, and they were asked to judge a variety of words based on sound alone. The result for the most beautiful word was, diarrhea.

zephyr

FORK!

poot

for reference: the most wordied words

susurration

just about anything pronounced with a British accent… or a French accent… or a Spanish accent. I dig the exotics.

and technical terminology is best in a Scottish accent.

mom.

sustain (can you hear that sustain?) (this one goes to eleven.)
sustainable
sustainability

hahahaha, this one hasn’t even been played before, no, no, no you can’t even look at it

glad you caught the reference!

I would say “island”... just because the silent “s”

chimes, smooth, love, suave, this

crystal, charisma, justice, serene, light

old question, although that’s 2 words, oh, and it’s a hint, let’s hope you get it

hahah i love the word fly. i dont know why but i use it all the time. ;]

Belleview. Don’t know why :)

pimp
(pronounced PIYMP)

him :D

@likipie Him?

@Vincentt Um, no. A different him.