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Title: Most Beautiful Words in English Post by: Yann on January 03, 2005, 01:27:38 PM The British Council recently ran a survey of all the people who were learning English with their site to find out what English words they found the most beautiful. A list was complied of the 70 most beautiful words in English. It made me wonder what English words those who post on this board found to be beautiful, as we all know that what people find beautiful is often culturally determined. Check the link below for the British Council's list and reply to this post giving your own words.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/card/card.html Title: Re: Most Beautiful Words in English Post by: Yann on January 03, 2005, 03:20:00 PM Some of mine:
Ancestors Truth Energy Sex No Title: Re: Most Beautiful Words in English Post by: Ayinde on January 04, 2005, 07:22:47 AM I am giving a few I like that many do not appreciate.
Self-Determination Respect History Reparations Title: Re: Most Beautiful Words in English Post by: PatriotWarrior on January 04, 2005, 10:21:58 AM Here are my 50 most beautiful words in English. I had RANDOMLY compiled a list of 70 words, but 20 of them appear to have already been mentioned by others (here & on the other thread), so here are my rest:
Title: Re: Most Beautiful Words in English Post by: stiritup66 on January 04, 2005, 11:07:11 AM Greetings in the name of the Most High,
"I" is my favorite Also Rastafari, even though its not english! On a lighter note, I read about a study that was done in Japan about the most beautiful english word and it turned out to be "diarrhea". Obviously the people didn't know what the word meant. :) Cedric |