i was watching donnie darko and they mentioned that the words "cellar door" were regarded by a linguist (tolkien) as the most beautiful. i tend to agree. can you offer anything more lovely?
2007-12-06 23:11:11 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
My particular favorite English compound is no longer used, but is from Beowulf: hronrad "whale-road", a word for "sea, ocean"
2007-12-06 23:20:28 · answer #1 · answered by Taivo 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I don't know, cellar door doesn't really do anything for me,
myself, I like the word awhile
"not yet awhile"
2007-12-06 23:27:43 · answer #2 · answered by Qwhitehonestly 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tintinnabulous.
2007-12-08 20:59:06 · answer #3 · answered by Skiərkæ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've noticed in ROTK that Aragorn asks " What say you ", to those "who are neither dead nor living" . I don't know if it is odl english for sure, but I love the way it is being told.
2007-12-08 21:58:01 · answer #4 · answered by revolution 1989 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Might as well choose words from a more legitimate linguist: Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
2007-12-07 08:27:05 · answer #5 · answered by tomservo552 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I particularly like the combination of the words "pay" and "day".
2007-12-06 23:18:19 · answer #6 · answered by GrahamH 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i think, "Come on over baby". is the best. But Cellar Door does have quite the ring to it...
2016-05-21 23:50:13 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can I offer any thing mor e lovely ?
mmm
A : No I cannot !
2007-12-06 23:20:17 · answer #8 · answered by jigadee 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Frigidaire!!!
2007-12-07 03:32:25 · answer #9 · answered by dévastation 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I agree with you.
2007-12-06 23:17:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋