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For me, the French word crepuscule gives me shivers down the spine. The word "chatouille" tickles me endlessly, and "chemise" can be endlessly entertaining among a classful of 8th graders. SHMEEEEZ!
In Spanish, it's pencil sharpener that puts me on point (sacapuntas!).
German, though, raises my eyebrows with its augenbrauen. (Melanie, you're going to have to check my spelling here)
Languages are lovely.
For me, the French word crepuscule gives me shivers down the spine. The word "chatouille" tickles me endlessly, and "chemise" can be endlessly entertaining among a classful of 8th graders. SHMEEEEZ!
In Spanish, it's pencil sharpener that puts me on point (sacapuntas!).
German, though, raises my eyebrows with its augenbrauen. (Melanie, you're going to have to check my spelling here)
Languages are lovely.
posted by Peevish McSnark at
1:11 PM
3 Comments:
I like 'ennui'.
And 'chemin de fer'.
And 'Taco Bell'.
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garfer, At
2:13 PM
I love anything you say in French ...!!
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Anonymous, At
5:58 PM
Excellent word choices, all! And your spelling with "Augenbrauen" was wunderbar. ;-)
I'm too sleepy at the moment to remember all my favorites, but crepuscule is definitely one, as is its German equivalent: Morgendaemmerung (or Abenddaemerung, depending).
Three other German favorites:
1) Geschirrspuelmaschine (dishwasher)
2) Staubsauger (vacuum-- literally mans "dust sucker")
3) Baumwolle (cotton-- I like this word not because of how it sounds to the ear, but because it literally means "tree wool"-- how cool is that??)
-
Melanie
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10:25 AM
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