Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Random thought in the middle of the night: Digest 4 - Weigh your words

Aren't Gubernatorial and Ombudsman very FAT words? No, I dont mean long but fat. Every time I hear these two,they sound positively corpulent.

Wonder why.

Are there any others? Or skinny words for that matter?
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9 comments:

  1. Hyde18/8/10 01:46

    slim, thin, slit, snipe?

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  2. AmitL21/8/10 07:09

    haha..Cyn, yes they are..and,I do know I think of skinny words when I hear them,but need to a 'recall', to list them.Maybe tomorrow.:)

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  3. Anonymous24/8/10 05:14

    Not sure about this, but could it be because (as Indians) we tend to stress consecutive syllables in the words you have mentioned?

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  4. n25/8/10 23:10

    i think -
    eeks is skinny; pleats is too...

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  5. Epiphany10/9/10 08:08

    Hey Cyn where art though? Little bundle of joy keeping you busy?

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  6. ~G28/9/10 21:13

    :) Oh yes, just like the word maudlin sounds very feminine.

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  7. Cynic in Wonderland23/10/10 23:00

    Hyde - slim and all dont count. they mean thin no.

    anon - hmmm maybe you are right. never thought its because of the cadence actually.

    n - anything to do with the letters you reckon? k is a skinny alphabet and something like b is fat?

    epiphany - partly that, partly am in some space cadet mode for the last couple of months. like being high on lack of sleep or something hehe.

    G - ah yes. maudlin is very feminine

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  8. Bastet30/5/12 10:56

    stylus, silhouette, thimble, slip, creek - they all sound thin!
    While porcupine, pompous, poppadom , gobsmacking [albeit a slang], toboggan, omnivorous - have a nice rounded feel - making them sound like words with "well - rounded" personalities!

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  9. Bastet30/5/12 10:58

    silhouette, sliver, thimble, lisp, slip, creek - all sound thin! While Gobsmacking [albeit a slang], porcupine, poppadom, pompous, tambola - all sound like they are words that have "well-rounded" personalities!

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