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DslainteC		2004-11-25 07:18:31 AM

You mean "ILF" isn't a word?

Weakner		2004-11-25 08:32:54 AM

fark!

/victim of filter

GooberMcFly		2004-11-25 10:39:05 AM

1. Mother
2. Passion
3. Smile
4. Love
5. Eternity
6. Fantastic
7. Destiny
8. Freedom
9. Liberty
10.Tranquillity

All these sound like stripper names. Except "mother" of course. Well, maybe YOUR mom...

Ninja_Pancakes		2004-11-25 11:02:37 AM

Cellar door and, quoth the raven, nevermore are my favorites.

Therion		2004-11-25 11:42:41 AM

fellatio?

GaidinBDJ		2004-11-25 11:43:37 AM

Fidelio?

vowell1055		2004-11-25 12:12:20 PM

"Hen night" is #70? WTF?

Kruddie		2004-11-25 12:14:00 PM

Boobies! Boobies??

No Boobies :(

darklordseth		2004-11-25 12:14:18 PM

Turnip is simply the best word ever.

rickythepenguin		2004-11-25 12:14:42 PM

MOTHERR!!!! HAAAAA-AAAAAAAWWWWWW MOTHERRRRR!!!!!!

Crosshair		2004-11-25 12:14:51 PM

I call

stubblyhead		2004-11-25 12:15:10 PM

there was a study of linguistics I think, where they asked people who didn't speak english to rate a series of words by how pleasant they sounded. the winner?

diarrhea

arsindelve		2004-11-25 12:15:17 PM

Other words to make the top 70 included serendipity, loquacious, kangaroo and zing.

Loquacious...Wasn't he that Picard borg on Star Trek?

//Please ST geeks, I keed. Please don't spam-bomb me.
//Wait, I'm an ST geek, clearly.

manfish		2004-11-25 12:15:27 PM

How did "Oi" get on there?

The Great Mutato		2004-11-25 12:15:55 PM

Yeah, but "mum" is just retarded. It's "mom" motherfarkers.

Hyernel		2004-11-25 12:17:02 PM

monkey pickle

Lipspinach		2004-11-25 12:17:52 PM

I'm partial to crabcakes

/the word, not so much seafood

TooFatForPorn		2004-11-25 12:18:44 PM

The list also included what Mr Quinion said was his own favourite English word - serendipity, which came 24th.

"It's so mellifluous but it's such a nice concept too."

Smartarse.

BarkingPumpkin		2004-11-25 12:18:51 PM

Say it with me: pulchritude.

AUAIOMRN		2004-11-25 12:19:51 PM

What about "splunge"?

Caboose3c		2004-11-25 12:20:26 PM

The Great Mutato
Your Mum, Your Mom, either way, she's still a devil in the sack.

Kooazndood		2004-11-25 12:20:29 PM

motherf**ker is a nice word too...

rickythepenguin		2004-11-25 12:20:51 PM

callipygian

wumpus		2004-11-25 12:22:02 PM

Main Entry: hen night
Function: noun
Definition: an evening set aside for women to go out socially; esp. such an evening before a woman's wedding
Usage: mainly UK

TooFatForPorn		2004-11-25 12:22:17 PM

"But while other languages may be reluctant to use our words, [this has provided] a real richness in the English has evolved."

Is it just me, or is the bit in square brackets unnecessary and even wrong? Incidentally, unneccessary is my least favorite word, as I'm not sure how it's spelt.

DonSlice		2004-11-25 12:22:19 PM

Cellar door?

TooFatForPorn		2004-11-25 12:23:42 PM

Vagina? Sounds like a classy holiday resort.

BarkingPumpkin		2004-11-25 12:24:01 PM

I forgot about that one, rickythepenguin. Very nice.

alexvdl		2004-11-25 12:26:51 PM

RickythePenguin

What about...

Muttttttttttttter. Muttttttttttttter. MUUUUUUUUTTTTTTTTTTER!

TooFatForPorn		2004-11-25 12:26:51 PM

BarkingPumkin
I guess pulchritude scores double for meaning beautiful as well.

Lipspinach		2004-11-25 12:27:23 PM

This could turn out to be a great thread. Let's go guys

darthBateman		2004-11-25 12:27:56 PM

Know it was mentioned, but still....

gopher321		2004-11-25 12:30:19 PM

So what are the top 10 ugliest words in the English language?

Let's start it off...

10) Politics
9) Liposuction
8) biatchslap

...?

supernaturaltoe		2004-11-25 12:31:08 PM

Defenestration, trepanation, quincunx, didgeridoo.

/not favorite words, just spouting nonsense. It's FARK!

rickythepenguin		2004-11-25 12:31:31 PM

is the bit in square brackets unnecessary and even wrong?

no. in case you weren't aware, brackets indicate where the editor is paraphrasing waht the speaker said. if the editor / author thougth those words were unneccessary, the proper punctuation would have been to delete that phrase by using an ellipsis.

Further, if an ellipsis was used, because "A real richness in thte English has evolved" is its own complete sentence, the proper ellipsis would be 4, not 3 periods. 3 peiods are used when you aren't creating a new sentence, sort of like taking a breath in the middle of a sentence. If a 4peiord ellipsis was used, the word "a" would be capitalized to indicate a new sentence.

But while other languages may be reluctant to use our words....A real richness in the English has evolved.

BarkingPumpkin		2004-11-25 12:31:44 PM

gopher321 -

7)Cockpunch

TooFatForPorn		2004-11-25 12:31:59 PM

Was it Woody Allen who said the best phrase you'll ever hear is "It's benign"?

GiantRobot		2004-11-25 12:32:51 PM

What, no "cromulent"?

SockMonkeyHolocaust		2004-11-25 12:33:02 PM

Awright man, righteous, righteous!
*high fives rickythepenguin*

fwank		2004-11-25 12:33:53 PM

mother may be the most beautiful word, but it's the worst song by The Police.

TooFatForPorn		2004-11-25 12:36:05 PM

ricky the penguin
I meant that if you read the sentence with the editorial bit in, it doesn't read properly:

But while other languages may be reluctant to use our words, this has provided a real richness in the English has evolved.

Seems the 'has evolved' at the end unbalances it. Maybe I'm missing something.

RoachAC		2004-11-25 12:36:07 PM

I've got five dollars on "mung."

/look it up. I dare you.

abby422		2004-11-25 12:36:20 PM

someone should enable voting.

BarkingPumpkin		2004-11-25 12:36:52 PM

That happens to be one of my favourites, fwank.

"Every girl I go out with
Becomes my mother in the end..."

totalbanalilation6969		2004-11-25 12:36:53 PM

My favorite word is "eight".

...

*crickets. crickets.*

supernaturaltoe		2004-11-25 12:36:57 PM

Boudoir and magma.

TooFatForPorn		2004-11-25 12:37:21 PM

Merkin. Both the word and the object are beautiful.

iodine		2004-11-25 12:37:21 PM

'Ellipsis' sounds incestuous...

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supernaturaltoe		2004-11-25 12:38:51 PM

Well, boudoir is one of those "stolen" words from another language, so I guess it doesn't count.

/is 6:30 a.m. here. Was woken up by a fire alarm and can't get back to sleep.