I think my fav word is "Pole" (Pronounced Poll-ay) It means 'sorry' or
'shame' in kiswahili. I luv how it's used and the sound of it. When
someone's having a shitty day, someone else is there, without doubt, saying
pole. better yet, "Pole Sana" (pronounced Poll-ay Sana... like the steam
bath thingy), meaning "Very Shame" or "Better you than me".
Thats the words i like. Words I hate, hmm, after living in Southern
California "like" is #1 on my list. After that, "man" for the same reason
as "like", it is way over used.
[Edited on 19/8/2003 by Seth]
AloneSoul
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posted on 20/8/2003 at 12:31 AM
*fixes things*
Damn, I must have been tired when I posted this morning.
- M, you're right. I personally can stand every "accent" someone throws at
me, so long as I can understand you and I usually can...
I don't know if this really a "accent" or not but one thing which that
aggravates me is when people tend to like, say the word like, every three
or four like, words in their like sentence. And if it’s not “like” then
it’s “um.” It’s not the “vally girl” accent but people just use those two
fucking words constantly.
C'mon Alone, stay with us. We're going for a world record of on-topicness
here and one abaddon is bad enough.
I have really started to hate the sounds made my midwesterner kids trying
to do california valley girl. I mean the adults are cute when they do it
especially since theyv'e seen so many john waters flicks that they have the
accent down pat, but it's the these little kids who think the whole idea is
just to go all squeaky and drawl everything. I just want to smack them and
say "You're doingt texas, not the valley you little twerp! No shut up and
learn the language before you mangle it!"
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Ah! I most definitely agree with the "like" and "h" sounding words! Damp
doesn't seem like a good word to me, and as far as names go, I'd kill
myself if I was christened Cyril at birth. You just have to feel sorry for
people with names like that... Percy, Cyril, ugh! The pain! Seth, if I
may: Pole Sana to people with terrible names.
Now, for spoken language discussion . I always found
english to be crude. Ever had a time when you try to explain something
philosophical, and the english language only lets you go as deep as the
local kiddie pool? I enrolled into a Chinese class, and the first session
starts tomorrow. I was always amazed by Oriental culture, and their
language is no exception. I believe that the Japanese have seven(?)
different ways to say goodbye, and they all translate, I was told, to
express some degree of malcontent. It boggle sthe mind sometimes, the way
other languages work...
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Shade
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posted on 21/8/2003 at 07:32 AM
No worries Alone. I had the feeling it was something like an early morning
or a late night.
I keep coming back to the fact that I have so many favorite sounds and it's
really hard to come up with the words and sounds that i truly dislike. That
may be self defense because I love my thesaurus, but if I had to choose a
word that makes me the most uncomfortable, it would be "Hate" it is just so
fraught.
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with
no relief in sight, in that moment can be found the birth of
religion.
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I hate the name of genitals, they're so gross sounding. VAGINA. I hate
that word, it sounds like a friggin basement or loud ugly sounding musical
instrument. I don't have a better word for it, but there has to be
SOMETHING.
I also find that "weiner" is far more fun to say than "penis".
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Closetgothbabe
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posted on 24/8/2003 at 09:28 AM
There are alot of words that I hate, one of them being cunt. I dont even
like typing that word. The word ignorant when used by dumb ass rednecks
that cant spell. Dont ask why but the word crayon irritates me. Im sure
there are plenty of other words I dont like but I would have to think on it
some.
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posted on 24/8/2003 at 03:01 PM
Another one I always hated is the word "phenominal," especially when I hear
one person use it multiple times in a meeting.
And of course "dude." Sometimes, it's a word I can stand but other times
(Especially by certain people) the word "dude" makes mee want to cut the
fuckers neck and shit down his throat!
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posted on 6/9/2003 at 05:55 AM
Crotch. Crotch has got to be one of the ugliest words in the English
language.
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