Περί ορέξεως... (the 10 most beautiful words in English)

Lexicographer Wilfred Funk declared these the 10 most beautiful words in English:

chimes
dawn
golden
hush
lullaby
luminous
melody
mist
murmuring
tranquil
Playwright Edward Sheldon declared these the ugliest:

funeral parlor
galluses
housewife
intelligentsia
Charles V said, “We should speak Spanish with the gods, Italian with our lover, French with our friend, German with soldiers, English with geese, Hungarian with horses, and Bohemian with the devil.”

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crystal

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Ενδιαφέρον! Αν και φαντάζομαι δεν είναι τυχαίο που οι "όμορφες" λέξεις του λεξικογράφου έχουν όμορφες έννοιες...
 
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