Words Whose Sounds I Love

10 Responses

1. Metasequoia glyptostroboides- this is a dawn redwood! Mighty fun to say- I feel like a fish with the lip puckering! And saying it makes me feel intelligent!

2. Acquiesce
   Adalimumab
   Schenectady
   Fluent
   Muffle
   Puffin
   Cumulonimbus
   Petulant
   Flask

3. It is so fun reading these! Weird how our tastes differ.

4. Sizzle
   Chihuahua
   Mascarpone
   Tutti-frutti
   Shawarma
   Dastardly
   Opulence
   Petulant
   Tumultuous
   Divine
   Pseudotsuga menziesii
   Chinook
   Skookum
   Ambient
   Cheeky
   Emoji

   1. Yes! I love Pseudotsuga menziesii too! Sorbus aucuparius is fun too!

5. tiddly
   flotsam
   jetsam
   Wuss
   slide
   pow wow
   hunker

6. Kelp?
   = |
   I think of pet animals when I say, “onomatopoeia.”

7. Farsi
   Adjudicate
   Sage
   Pleistocene
   Sequined
   Bevel
   Concomitant
   Flog
   Recombinant
   Furtive
   Equitable
   Tablature
   Bombast
   Squeamish
   Iconic
   Vapid
   Sporadic
   Fondue
   Rigatoni

8. The words ” cellar door” when said slowly always has a sophisticated sound to me.

9. euphoria
   eloquent
   haphazard
   Kerbopolloy (I made this one up to describe when my puppy is sick, as in Zoey has a kerbopolloy belly today)
   manifest
   Brilliance
   consequence
   whimzy
   Flotbot and Cracker Dog ( I read this in All Creatures Great and Small about a vet in England circa early 19 hundreds)