WordNerding

[Daéa Reina]

One lovely word play in Finnish is: Kokko kokoa koko kokko. Koko kokonko? Koko kokon. Kokositko Kokko koko kokon? Kokosin koko kokon.

All I can think is:

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[Pessi]

I'm more reminded of the buffalo sentence.

(And being the grammar natzi I am, I'd t´rather write the kokko thing like this: Kokko, kokoa koko kokko. Koko kokkoko? Koko kokko! Kokositko Kokko koko kokon? Kokosin koko kokon.)

One of my favorite Finnish words is halla. It's usually translated as "frost" but refers actally more to a situation during the growing season when the temperature drops under zero celcius on the groud surface. In the past times halla was much feared, for it could destroy whole crops and cause famine, but the word itself is imo beautiful. I've also heard that the sentence alavilla mailla hallanvaara, "risk of frost on low-lying areas", sounds very beautiful to non-Finnish ears

[JoB]

I'm more reminded of the buffalo sentence.

Knock yerself out.

(And that one works in German, too.)

[Blackjazz]

One lovely word play in Finnish is: Kokko kokoa koko kokko. Koko kokonko? Koko kokon. Kokositko Kokko koko kokon? Kokosin koko kokon.

That reminds me of this Japanese tongue-twister:
Sumomo mo momo, momo mo momo, sumomo mo momo mo momo no uchi.

My friends told me what it meant, but all I remember is that it has something to do with peaches and plums.

[Pessi]

According to Wikipedia it means Plums are peaches, and peaches are peaches, and plums and peaches are both types of peaches.

Edit: I just remebered one of my favorite "foreign words that mean something totally different in Finnish" thing. In Italian a space shuttle is "navetta spaziale" and an astronaut is "astronauta". Now it so happens that in Finnish "navetta" means byre and "nauta" means bovine. So obviously the Italians are talking about astro bovines flying in space byres =)

[BreezeLouise]

I love the word "anathema". I really like the way it looks and sounds, and me being the person I am, the meaning just makes it that much better. She's also totally the coolest character in Good Omens, which never hurts.

I like "egress" too. I think that one's just fun to say, and I like the way it looks. I don't know why.

I have a few others, but it's like...2 AM. My brain shut off a while ago.

[SugaAndSpice]

Oh, please do get some sleep. A great word is detrimental. So much fun to say, but not a good meaning. It means tending to cause harm.

[JoB]

It means tending to cause harm.

And if you want a word that means "I do harm", period, there's nocebo, the opposite of placebo.

[Stefanyeah]

I was remembered of a word that I really like a while back: Tintinnabulation.

[Mélusine]

I was remembered of a word that I really like a while back: Tintinnabulation.

Tintinnabulation is beautiful because you can hear it while saying it (Am I clear ? I fear I'm not...)

[ryagami]

Not sure if anyone's mentioned these, but I love "oblivion" and "petrichor".

[Stefanyeah]

Oblivion has a nice ring, too.

Tintinnabulation is beautiful because you can hear it while saying it (Am I clear ? I fear I'm not...)

I think I know what you mean. It's one of those words that sound like what they mean in a way.

[Mélusine]

I think I know what you mean. It's one of those words that sound like what they mean in a way.

That's it !

[KicknRun]

Today I found the word Deicide nope,not decide.


de·i·cide
ˈdēəˌsīd
noun

the killer of a god.
the killing of a god.

i like it *smile emoji*

[Russet]

You know how we always say disgruntled? Well, gruntled is an actual word. seriously.

grun·tled
ˈɡrən(t)ld/
adjectivehumorous
pleased, satisfied, and contented.

Amazing, right? I'm so gruntled to have found this word.