Comments on: Words that make the mouth happy http://twentytwowords.com/2008/03/06/words-that-make-the-mouth-happy/ Curious | Cute | Comical | Crazy Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:34:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Jeff http://twentytwowords.com/2008/03/06/words-that-make-the-mouth-happy/#comment-18435 Jeff Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:11:15 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-18435 I asked my students about this ... in addition to really liking 'gerbil' they added: 'garbanzo' and 'beluga' :-) I asked my students about this … in addition to really liking ‘gerbil’ they added:
‘garbanzo’
and
‘beluga’
:-)

]]> By: Mom http://twentytwowords.com/2008/03/06/words-that-make-the-mouth-happy/#comment-18434 Mom Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:13:30 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-18434 Serendipity--both the meaning and the fun saying the word itself Serendipity–both the meaning and the fun saying the word itself

]]> By: Scott E. http://twentytwowords.com/2008/03/06/words-that-make-the-mouth-happy/#comment-18433 Scott E. Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:17:36 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-18433 I like this two-word combination: cellar door. that just pleases me so. and of course singing these words makes everyone happy (just the words ya know) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srgi2DkDbPU] I like this two-word combination: cellar door. that just pleases me so. and of course singing these words makes everyone happy (just the words ya know)

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srgi2DkDbPU]

]]> By: Jeff http://twentytwowords.com/2008/03/06/words-that-make-the-mouth-happy/#comment-18432 Jeff Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:54:06 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-18432 word on 'gerbil' ! 'hamster' is a favorite since a kid how about 'ridiculous'? I think I like it so much because as a kid I couldn't say r's unless the word started with it and it a was short saying, like a one word sentence ... <em>Ridiculous!</em> word on ‘gerbil’ !

‘hamster’ is a favorite since a kid

how about ‘ridiculous’?

I think I like it so much because as a kid I couldn’t say r’s unless the word started with it and it a was short saying, like a one word sentence … Ridiculous!

]]> By: Kristin Tabb http://twentytwowords.com/2008/03/06/words-that-make-the-mouth-happy/#comment-18431 Kristin Tabb Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:36:07 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-18431 What makes many words fun to say is if you can add "arella" (*for the feminine) or "inator" (for the masculine) to the end of it: gerbil become "gerbarella" and "gerbinator" Someone already commented on Ugandan words, so I'll add these two, because after I finally learned how to pronounce them correctly I couldn't stop saying them: "Wowzima Wamilele" (Wow-zi-ma, Wah-me-lay-lay) It means "Forever and ever" and the faster you say it the more fun it is. What makes many words fun to say is if you can add “arella” (*for the feminine) or “inator” (for the masculine) to the end of it:

gerbil become “gerbarella” and “gerbinator”

Someone already commented on Ugandan words, so I’ll add these two, because after I finally learned how to pronounce them correctly I couldn’t stop saying them:

“Wowzima Wamilele”
(Wow-zi-ma, Wah-me-lay-lay)

It means “Forever and ever” and the faster you say it the more fun it is.

]]> By: grrrarrrg http://twentytwowords.com/2008/03/06/words-that-make-the-mouth-happy/#comment-18430 grrrarrrg Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:33:34 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-18430 My favorite word ever is # 13! My favorite word ever is # 13!

]]> By: Terry Rayburn http://twentytwowords.com/2008/03/06/words-that-make-the-mouth-happy/#comment-18429 Terry Rayburn Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:09:35 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-18429 Prestidigitation Prestidigitation

]]> By: Marc http://twentytwowords.com/2008/03/06/words-that-make-the-mouth-happy/#comment-18428 Marc Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:54:14 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-18428 Euphonium Euphonium

]]> By: Bryan http://twentytwowords.com/2008/03/06/words-that-make-the-mouth-happy/#comment-18427 Bryan Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:10:38 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-18427 Wasps -say it aloud! Wasps -say it aloud!

]]> By: jenna http://twentytwowords.com/2008/03/06/words-that-make-the-mouth-happy/#comment-18426 jenna Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:06:11 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-18426 oh. one more. "frnt" it's what my boys think other kids are saying, when they are in fact saying "fart". "frnt" i can't get over it. oh. one more.
“frnt”
it’s what my boys think other kids are saying, when they are in fact saying “fart”.
“frnt”
i can’t get over it.

]]> By: jenna http://twentytwowords.com/2008/03/06/words-that-make-the-mouth-happy/#comment-18425 jenna Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:56:38 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-18425 all the ugandan words i've heard...or sung halala ngojesu... love it... all the ugandan words i’ve heard…or sung
halala ngojesu…
love it…

]]> By: Cara Herzberg http://twentytwowords.com/2008/03/06/words-that-make-the-mouth-happy/#comment-18424 Cara Herzberg Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:34:35 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-18424 Currently, Joe's is nexna = Wolof for "it's good" but you gotta say it in your throat. Mine is toppotal = also Wolof meaning "to raise or take care of." People usually tell me I take good care of my husband, because he is always saying nexna. Currently, Joe’s is nexna = Wolof for “it’s good” but you gotta say it in your throat.

Mine is toppotal = also Wolof meaning “to raise or take care of.” People usually tell me I take good care of my husband, because he is always saying nexna.

]]> By: lyndaspix http://twentytwowords.com/2008/03/06/words-that-make-the-mouth-happy/#comment-18423 lyndaspix Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:34:34 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-18423 My hubby likes sports. His favorite word (name) is Ladanian...Ladanian Tomlinson...it just rolls off the tongue. My hubby likes sports. His favorite word (name) is Ladanian…Ladanian Tomlinson…it just rolls off the tongue.

]]> By: Stephen http://twentytwowords.com/2008/03/06/words-that-make-the-mouth-happy/#comment-18422 Stephen Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:33:58 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-18422 Serendipitous Serendipitous

]]> By: Frank Turk http://twentytwowords.com/2008/03/06/words-that-make-the-mouth-happy/#comment-18421 Frank Turk Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:11:36 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-18421 "pants" "pecadillo" "http://centuri0n.blogspot.com" and the way my kids call all medicine from the Doctor which comes in large pills "monster-cilin". “pants”
“pecadillo”
“http://centuri0n.blogspot.com”
and the way my kids call all medicine from the Doctor which comes in large pills “monster-cilin”.

]]> By: matt http://twentytwowords.com/2008/03/06/words-that-make-the-mouth-happy/#comment-18420 matt Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:07:32 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-18420 Tolkien believed that 'cellar door' was the most beautiful sounding word (er, words) in the English language. Can't you just imagine an elf named 'Selardor'? :-) Tolkien believed that ‘cellar door’ was the most beautiful sounding word (er, words) in the English language.

Can’t you just imagine an elf named ‘Selardor’? :-)

]]> By: Stacey http://twentytwowords.com/2008/03/06/words-that-make-the-mouth-happy/#comment-18419 Stacey Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:05:43 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-18419 I use #21 ALL the time.....too much actually. I think it is getting old already. I am over it.......won't be using it anymore. Instead I will use guacamole........I know they don't mean the same thing, BUT it will make people stop and think. I use #21 ALL the time…..too much actually. I think it is getting old already. I am over it…….won’t be using it anymore. Instead I will use guacamole……..I know they don’t mean the same thing, BUT it will make people stop and think.

]]> By: Mike Tong http://twentytwowords.com/2008/03/06/words-that-make-the-mouth-happy/#comment-18418 Mike Tong Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:47:32 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-18418 Jenny- keep the Spanish lessons coming! Jenny- keep the Spanish lessons coming!

]]> By: danielle http://twentytwowords.com/2008/03/06/words-that-make-the-mouth-happy/#comment-18417 danielle Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:26:33 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-18417 if you want to see dave pee his pants, just say a sentence with these words: fluff, blimp, plump, and eleven. if you want to see dave pee his pants, just say a sentence with these words: fluff, blimp, plump, and eleven.

]]> By: Molly http://twentytwowords.com/2008/03/06/words-that-make-the-mouth-happy/#comment-18416 Molly Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:20:52 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-18416 i love the word archipelago--maybe we should move to one, just so i can say that all the time. i love the word archipelago–maybe we should move to one, just so i can say that all the time.

]]> By: Jason Pauli http://twentytwowords.com/2008/03/06/words-that-make-the-mouth-happy/#comment-18415 Jason Pauli Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:42:49 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-18415 "chicanery" all the way “chicanery” all the way

]]> By: Jenny http://twentytwowords.com/2008/03/06/words-that-make-the-mouth-happy/#comment-18414 Jenny Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:05:30 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-18414 I love that you love my list! And for the curious, "trabajabamos" actually means "We were working" and is pronounced "tra-bah-hah-bah-mos". To conjugate a regular "-ar" Spanish verb to the imperfect tebse, you add "-abamos". And that ends my exceedingly annoying Spanish lesson for the day! I love that you love my list!

And for the curious, “trabajabamos” actually means “We were working” and is pronounced “tra-bah-hah-bah-mos”.

To conjugate a regular “-ar” Spanish verb to the imperfect tebse, you add “-abamos”.

And that ends my exceedingly annoying Spanish lesson for the day!

]]> By: Abraham Piper http://twentytwowords.com/2008/03/06/words-that-make-the-mouth-happy/#comment-18413 Abraham Piper Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:28:33 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-18413 Trabajabamos is Spanish for "working," I think. Apparently it's so exceedingly wonderful to utter that it made it onto an English word list. Trabajabamos is Spanish for “working,” I think.

Apparently it’s so exceedingly wonderful to utter that it made it onto an English word list.

]]> By: robyn http://twentytwowords.com/2008/03/06/words-that-make-the-mouth-happy/#comment-18412 robyn Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:24:13 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-18412 My favorite is loquacious and my least favorite is undulate. I find that one kind of unpleasant to say. what the heck is Trabajabamos?? My favorite is loquacious and my least favorite is undulate. I find that one kind of unpleasant to say.

what the heck is Trabajabamos??

]]> By: puremotif http://twentytwowords.com/2008/03/06/words-that-make-the-mouth-happy/#comment-18411 puremotif Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:25:47 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-18411 wow.... saying those all outloud truly did make my mouth happy. I think my favorite is Loquacious or maybe Cacology. But superfluous also feels great. wow…. saying those all outloud truly did make my mouth happy. I think my favorite is Loquacious or maybe Cacology. But superfluous also feels great.

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