Consider this a thought experiment more than anything, I just find it an interesting thing to ponder.
You could also elaborate on why you chose that word, if you feel so inclined.
My choice has been, mostly for the irony of it, "silence".
Benjamin
What is your favorite English word?
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Re: What is your favorite English word?
The word "curmudgeon" always makes me smile. It's a person with a bad temper. I enjoy it because it sounds like its definition. And it sounds silly, just like having a bad temper!
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Re: What is your favorite English word?
Mine is actually two words:
sinningia speciosa
Bit I also like:
oligodendroglial
chownah
sinningia speciosa
Bit I also like:
oligodendroglial
chownah
Re: What is your favorite English word?
That is actually Latin Chownah.chownah wrote: sinningia speciosa
chownah
Kevin
Re: What is your favorite English word?
It's not Latin!!! ..........it's a flower!!!Virgo wrote:That is actually Latin Chownah.chownah wrote: sinningia speciosa
chownah
Kevin
chownah
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But it's Latin.chownah wrote: It's not Latin!!! ..........it's a flower!!!
chownah
Kevin
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I think I could be partial to an Irish Chownah. Couldn't be an worse than the transplanted Chownah.chownah wrote:It's not Latin!!! ..........it's a flower!!!Virgo wrote:That is actually Latin Chownah.chownah wrote: sinningia speciosa
chownah
Kevin
chownah
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
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nevermind
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Re: What is your favorite English word?
Scrumptious. It's used in a ridiculously funny line on Seinfeld.
'This is peace, this is exquisite — the resolution of all fabrications; the relinquishment of all acquisitions; the ending of craving; dispassion; cessation; Unbinding.' - Jhana Sutta
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Onamonapia
Re: What is your favorite English word?
I couldn't find that word in my dictionary, Mr Man.Mr Man wrote:Onamonapia
Did you mean "onomatopoeia" ?
Re: What is your favorite English word?
There is a joke in there somewhere.Aloka wrote:I couldn't find that word in my dictionary, Mr Man.Mr Man wrote:Onamonapia
Did you mean "onomatopoeia" ?