Bubbles and Shadows


For some reason, I couldn't get past the meaning of the word. I tried to look up the most beautiful sounding words in the English language, but if the word had a bad meaning I couldn't see the beauty in the pronunciation of it. The example given in class was Gonorrhea. If I didn't know the meaning then maybe I would see how nicely it sounds, but the definition of the word ruins it for me. This is why I had to choose a word with a somewhat okay definition. 

The word that I find most beautiful, at least out of the list of the 500 most beautiful words in the English language, is Effervescence with an honorable mention going to Silhouette. I don't know what it is exactly about these words that like. I recently read effervescence in a book. I remember having to read over it multiple times because at first I pronounced it wrong. That is probably why it stuck out to me on the list. Silhouette on the other hand, I'm not really sure why it caught my eye. One possible reason is that silhouette is a French word. I've taken French for four years and I can easily spot words of French origin. Also, the French language is said to be one of the most beautifully spoken languages. Another reason could be that not to long ago I played a song called Silhouettes on repeat for days. I don't think it was just the sound of the word rolling off my tongue that I liked. I think the background I have with each word is what made both of them jump out at me when I was reading the list.



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