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?

9 comments:

Hyde said...

slim, thin, slit, snipe?

AmitL said...

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.:)

Anonymous said...

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

n said...

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

Epiphany said...

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

~G said...

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

Cynic in Wonderland said...

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

Bastet said...

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!

Bastet said...

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!