freesia, or
wisteria

"Serenity" is definitly awesomely pretty

A funny word is Magloob .. ahahaha.  I know it doesn't exist, but it's so funny 

buds

Quote from: Saraloop on March 28, 2009, 06:18:41 AM
"Serenity" is definitly awesomely pretty

A funny word is Magloob .. ahahaha.  I know it doesn't exist, but it's so funny 

i like it, it needs a definition and we can get the OED to include  it.

I LOVE this thread!

alary (winged), alembic (something that purifies/refines), Acrux (star in Southern Cross), acrospire (first sprout), sweale (burn away), jejune (juvenile), cantabile (song like), piety, swoon, zeal, somber, soporific, glass, shimmer, clear, crisp, wraith, tomb...

...I'll stop now.  I like to go through my dictionary to find pretty words to use in my writing...


pretty much any Japanese word...they just run together so prettily...I really like the phrase "sou desu ka" or "sou ka" (so dess ka...means "is that so?" basically). And "n" (like "yeah").  Hai! is also quite nice.

And this in Mandarin: "Ni shi laoshi ma.  Bu, wo bu shi laoshi.  Wo shi xuesheng."  lots of shh sounds.  (btw, shi sounds like sure, but shorter/abrupt)

"Are you the teacher? No, I'm not the teacher.  I'm a student."

Quote from: Jaimey on April 02, 2009, 02:24:47 PM

pretty much any Japanese word...they just run together so prettily...I really like the phrase "sou desu ka" or "sou ka" (so dess ka...means "is that so?" basically). And "n" (like "yeah").  Hai! is also quite nice.

"Sou desu ne"  confuses me, because it obviously means "It is, isn't it?"  ,BUT, it can also mean, "you're right", or, "that's a good idea", or "let me think about that"  gaah, I don't get it.
My new favorite japanese word is  suzushii,  which means cool, or refreshing.
I don't like atatakai though, which means warm, when you change the form to be negative, it's just annoying to say : atatakaku arimasen. :S

Ayoun meaning eyes as in Nur Ayouni = Light of my eyes (Arabic)

Cinta meaning love as in Ayat ayat cinta = Verses of love or in Jatuh cinta = To fall in love (Indonesian)

I think my name of choice is the most beautiful word to me, but this inspires me for another kind of thread

Quote from: Saraloop on April 02, 2009, 04:44:57 PM
My new favorite japanese word is  suzushii,  which means cool, or refreshing.
I don't like atatakai though, which means warm, when you change the form to be negative, it's just annoying to say : atatakaku arimasen. :S

Speaking of japanese words my favorite is douitashima->-bleeped-<-e. It means you're welcome. Or hajimima->-bleeped-<-e which is what you say when you first meet somebody it roughly translates to "how do you do."

But these are just faves. As far as the prettiest word, I think petal or quill.

Quote from: Saraloop on April 02, 2009, 04:44:57 PM
"Sou desu ne"  confuses me, because it obviously means "It is, isn't it?"  ,BUT, it can also mean, "you're right", or, "that's a good idea", or "let me think about that"  gaah, I don't get it.

It's better not to try and translate it literally...just understand when it's used.    "sou desu ne" is basically "yeah"...it's used pretty similarly.  Just like "chotto" or "chotto ne".  Japanese is almost song like in the way it flows.  So pretty!!!  (I get to take Japanese again next semester!!!)

@Osiris: You like the long words!  I get tangled up in them some times.   I also like "yoroshiku"...I really like how the 'i' sort of disappears...so cute!  Actually, the cutest thing is when Japanese people call me "Jeshka"...adorable...it makes me not hate my name so much!

My favorite Latin phrase is Carthago delenda est!  I like to follow it up with utar meam hastam!  We used to leave notes like this for our professor on the chalk board...she was more concerned that one of us had a spear than wanting to take out Carthage. 

Carthage must be destroyed! I will use my spear.

Neropolis has quite a ring to it.

Undead is a cozy word, rolls of the tounge.

Zinfandel is a good word too (it's the name of a grape, actually, the red wine I'm drinking atm is made of them).

acceptance for meaning
plethora for the sound of it; not sure why it's not used much...
Myles

anime is an adorable word. porn comes to mind when i hear it though. but it's adorable on its own

Quote from: Nero on April 03, 2009, 05:30:13 PM
anime is an adorable word. porn comes to mind when i hear it though. but it's adorable on its own

Anime also means "souls" in Italian. The singular is anima.

Quote from: imaz on April 03, 2009, 05:52:14 PM
Anime also means "souls" in Italian. The singular is anima.

oh, that's really pretty. i'm going to start thinking of souls as anime. 

Neurological

Quote from: Nero on April 03, 2009, 05:55:27 PM
oh, that's really pretty. i'm going to start thinking of souls as anime. 

L'anima gemella means soulmate, literally, soul twin.

Quote from: imaz on April 03, 2009, 06:33:20 PM
L'anima gemella means soulmate, literally, soul twin.

god that's lovely. l'anima gemella. thanks for the tip. is that a soft or hard g?

Soft as in Jeymel-la

Anima is pronounced with the accentuation on the "an".