I love words. I've been a lover of books, writing and reading since I was a child - so much so that I became a high school English teacher for a short while until fate took me in a different direction after I moved to Madison. I'm still a big literary buff and now revel in reading stories with my two little daughters (I'll never get tired of "Where the Wild Things Are").Anyway, when I came across this list of the 100 most beautiful words in English, I had to share it with you. The list was compiled by "Dr. Goodword" (Dr. Robert Beard) at alphaDictionary.com and over his long career he has compiled a list of the most beautiful words in sound and meaning.
My personal favorites from the list:
- diaphanous
- evanescent
- ephemeral
- felicitous
- loquacious
- onomatopoeia
- panacea
- serendipity
In case you were wondering, that image above is from Wordle - an online toy that creates beautiful "word clouds" from text you provide. I created the above from my most recent posts on this blog. Cool eh? Create your own here.
* Hat tip to the DailyGood for the tip on the Beautiful Words link.
Thanks for this, my favorite is - serendipity.
ReplyDeleteI like the Wordle text. I think I may have to create one myself.
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Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
Thank Giovanna! Have fun with the Wordle - I know I did. I created a lot and was pretty impressed by the results.
ReplyDeleteI love wordle. Great way to show off the words!
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