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your favorite word

Friday July 4, 2008 at 05:29PM

what is your favorite word? sometimes we have different favorites in different languages, but me i love the words "among" and "beyond" in any language. actually don't know them in many... in german it is "zwischen" (which also means between) and "jenseits". am actually quite partial to "jenseits"... in french it is "parmi" and "au-delà"...

which is closely connected to my favorite time of day, twilight. i love the word too. in german even more "zwielicht" but also "dämmerung"... pure poesie. it is that time that stands still, the magic hour, when things are born. change. shift. unnoticed. when rocks move without anyone seeing it clearly. the corner of your eye vision only.

to my chagrin i learned the other day that there is no french equivalent. is that true? can that be true?

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assbach pro says:
wow, that is deep. i never thought about having a favorite word, have to think about that. but your description here is brilliant.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )
Marinkel * replies:
uralt? ;) no, but really, it's important. connects you to the world how you see it.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )
Pope Guido says:
mine:
Pope
;)
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink / translate )
Marinkel * replies:
that's fucked up !
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )
Pope Guido replies:
it s the best job on earth
you can make errors as much you can on the job
and allways say it s god s work not mine

so
think different ;O)
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )
Roberto Ballerini - traveling pro replies:
:))

--
Seen in robertoballerini home page (?)
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink / translate )
Purple T says:
When i was at school my favourite word was "turd". There were turds spewing forth from my mouth everywhere i went. It wasn't nice!

At the moment i think my favourite word is "discombobulated". It's a great word for what it describes, but also, it's a damned good word to get your mouth around.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )
Marinkel * replies:
turd is a nice one, especially cause you can also write it terd, though that s wrong ! discombobulated seems mean cause why use a word that s confusing to describe your state of confusion? just plain mean methinks !
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )
Purple T replies:
But it is a good word :-)
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )
Marinkel * replies:
it's a very fine word ! :)
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )
Shi* pro says:
hmmm ... but there are so many ... I love words!!! ... well, cued-up by your Twilight I would certainly put 'darkness' up as a contender ... as in 'body heat air in the velvet darkness', Springsteen's 'Darkness' (on the edge of town), associate with: chocolate (yum), gothic (yum2), snuggling under the duvet (yum3), having a cigarette in the middle of the night in my garden on a summer's night. ... A Midsummer Night's Dream!

... Lover's darkness
... moonlit darkness ... stop me now!!!!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )
Marinkel * replies:
i ve been liking the dark much more than the light these days, it seems darkness allows the inner eye to roam more freely, like a dark empty canvas. reminding me of the drawings i used to do with wax, first using the colors of the rainbow, then covering them with black. afterwards etching a drawing into the black, revealing only glimpses of color. that is darkness to me, what it hides and sometimes reveals.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )
Henri Banks pro says:
my favorite word was "Sehnsucht"its a favorite word of me before i undestood the meaning.i get the blues when you wisper the word in my ear
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )
Marinkel * says:
sehnsucht has that doubling effect, of addiction to be longing for something. seems one just wants to long rather than to have. which can be fatal in view of not ever wanting and thus not getting what one wants but rather longing always for something that is unattainable...
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )
Henri Banks pro replies:
trotsdem is sehnsucht mein lieblings wort :-)
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink / translate )
Marinkel * replies:
soll es auch bleiben du lieber :)
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink / translate )
6 of 1 says:
Antediluvian used to be a favourite of mine, today it's supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, and tomorrow ........ who knows?!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink / translate )
Marinkel * replies:
ssssssssignificant ... thank you. sadly deezer aint working for me today, but when it does i shall listen carefully :)
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )
tuvalu pro says:
One favorite certainly is light, lumière, lumo, Licht. I like the french and german best... :)

But there are others as well. Most of them mainly for the way they sound... But as most of the time, right now I can't think of any others... laught
I'll come back on this, when may brain returns... smile

light...
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )
tuvalu edited this comment 4 months ago.
Marinkel * replies:
es werde... i like too.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink / translate )
Lumpenproliterat pro says:
Guglhupf.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )
Marinkel * replies:
yum. only once did i bake a perfect one. :)
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )
Lodchjo (the vampire) pro says:
twilight in French is crépuscule
as for favourite words, this is a question i adore, since i loooove words and languages, but it's hard to answer.
- in Finnish, it's definitely "uskomatonta" (meaning 'unbelieveable') i like it because of the way it sounds.
- in English, i think "labelable" is funny to pronounce :D
- for Dutch, my native language, i got some words from the Antwerp dialect i love: "boemmerskonte" (translatable as a "shithole", though less vulgar) and "goesting" (lust for something - not sexually - i can't find an English equivalent)
(do edibles count? if so, i'd definitely go for 'tiramisu')
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )
Mona Lisa says:
ich hab's ja schon mal erklärt:
mein lieblingswort ist nimmermehr ... nevermore.
:-)
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink / translate )
assbach pro replies:
das hier? www.ipernity.com/doc/assbach/535725
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink / translate )
Mona Lisa replies:
da hab ich einen moment überlegen müssen um zu sehen, dass die hände die buchstaben des wortes "nevermore" darstellen. :-)
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink / translate )
assbach pro replies:
;)
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )
rollinger says:
Es gibt viele Wörter von denen ich nicht mal weiß, ob es die in anderen Sprachen gibt.
"Fernweh" ist mein Favorit.
Doe Morbidität von "Endzeit" hat auch was.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink / translate )
Marinkel * replies:
also reise bevor alles vorbei ist :)

fernweh hab ich auch grad, oder immer?
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink / translate )
du Tabac says:
"cossetive"
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )
Marinkel * replies:
et qu est ce que ca veut dire?
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink / translate )
du Tabac replies:
"to cosset: pamper: treat with excessive indulgence.

""I will so coll thee, coax thee, cosset thee, court thee, cajole thee, with deftly turned compliment, pleasant whimsy, delicate jest and tuneful madrigal" -

Gilbert & Sullivan, "Dan'l Druce, Blacksmith"


"If thou will need the warm black sea
aswirl in phospohor tidal tug behind thy knee,
then I, ocean of sibilence, will rise and curl,
cossetive and gathered unto thee..."

- Thos. deCymru, "A Woman Wades at Night."
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )
Marinkel * says:
here's some word art from all your contributions...
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

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