ABCs of words that are fun to say

Post by **deer of the dawn** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 7:57 pm

Kookaburra

Post by **Sorus** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 5:14 am

lagomorph

Post by **deer of the dawn** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 5:11 pm

mnemonic

Post by **Cord Hurn** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 11:51 pm

nonagon

Post by **ussusimiel** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 12:11 am

odious

Post by **Sorus** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:52 pm

phylactery

Which is also on my infamous list of words that sound dirty, but aren't.

Post by **ussusimiel** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 2:51 pm

quietude

Where can we view that infamous list, Sorus?

Post by **aliantha** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 2:07 am

riff-raff

Post by **ussusimiel** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 9:01 pm

smock

(As Hobbes might say, 'Don't mock my smock or I'll clean your clock!')

(Or just 'Smock, smock, smock...!')

Post by **Sorus** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 1:34 am

tintinnabulate

ussusimiel wrote:
Where can we view that infamous list, Sorus?

I thought I'd posted it here somewhere, but I can't find it. Perhaps it should be a new game.

Post by **ussusimiel** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 10:40 pm

Sorus wrote:I thought I'd posted it here somewhere, but I can't find it. Perhaps it should be a new game.

Start that thread!

Here's one on my own list:

Bucolic

(While this word means 'pastoral' and pleasant country living, it has always sounded to me like a cross 'puke' and 'colic', which while relevant to each other are utterly at odds with 'bucolic'. That's dem Greeks for ya!)

Post by **deer of the dawn** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 9:03 pm

ululate

Post by **ussusimiel** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 10:28 pm

yodel

Post by **deer of the dawn** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 5:09 pm

Umm,... V-W-X...

voracious

Wawa

Xenophobic

Post by **Sorus** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:51 am

Not sure if I should take Y again or go straight to Z, so I will do both just to be safe.

yttrium

zenzizenzizenzic

Post by **michaelm** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:39 pm

auspicious

Post by **Sorus** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 1:05 am

Baroque

Post by **Cord Hurn** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:11 am

chiaroscuro

(a bit obvious on a Donaldson fan site, I admit, but I still think it's fun to say)

Post by **ussusimiel** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 7:02 pm

dendrite

Post by **Sorus** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 11:42 pm

Ennui

Kevin's Watch

Kevin's Watch

ABCs of words that are fun to say