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Armed Floatzel January 7, 2014 09:13:23 AM

In any language, what are your favorite words to pronounce?
 
It can be anything, including places, names, and things.

For me,

Croatian:

tvrda = hard (e.g. hard surface)
Zagreb = Capital of Croatia

Serbian:

Prokuplje = Serbian city (pronounced pro-ku-plieh)
Džigerica = A Serbian dish made with liver (pronounced Jiggerizza)
Zdravo = Serbian greeting, not sure if also used as a goodbye

Spanish:

Tonto = idiot

Romanian:

bună dimineaţa = good morning

Brazilian Portuguese:

Păo = bread (pronounced like "pow" but nasalized.)

European Portuguese:

Espreita = to ambush or to peek (pronounced esh-prai-ta)
Cidade = City (pronounced See-da-de)

Czech:

Vlk = wolf (pronounced like vulk but the U is pronounced like the u in careful)
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There's a ton of others that I currently haven't learned the meaning of yet. :)

But what are your favorites?

Ayunnuya January 7, 2014 09:28:54 AM

Haha, what a cool thread idea!

I really like the word Metchka in Croatian, meaning cat (I think).

And ya can't really beat the classic omelette au fromage from Dexter's Lab.

The rest is just a bunch of Japanese words I learned in High school.

Baka: fool
Tonndemonai: "No way!"
Shimatta/Kuso:"Darn it/Crap!"

Dragonite January 7, 2014 10:34:50 AM

English:
"Ambiguous" (not clear in meaning): added bonus that nobody I know knows what this one means.

Italian:
"Dimenticare" (to forget): it's been so long since I sat in an Italian class that I've forgotten what I liked about that word, but apparently whatever it was good enough to be one of my alternate usernames in several web sites.

TurtwigX January 7, 2014 01:22:29 PM

Japanese
Renkinjutsushi (Alchemist <3333). Pretty much the only long Japanese word I know by heart.

Italian
Vecchio (Old)
Pomodoro (Tomato, my favorite thing)
Sognare (To dream)
Ciao (Hello, Goodbye)
Attaccato (Attached)

English
Superfluous (more than necessary)
Ingenuity (cleverness)
Discombobulated (Confused)
Fluffernutter (PB&M)

Cat333Pokémon January 7, 2014 02:17:09 PM

Atatakakunakatta (Japanese, 暖かくなかった or あたたかくなかった), "wasn't warm"

La arańa anaranjada (Spanish), "orange spider"

Yoshi648 January 7, 2014 05:20:18 PM

Shenanigans

blueumbreon January 8, 2014 03:18:04 AM

English

Anarchy (extreme disorder/without government)
Melancholy (deep sadness)
Ludonarrative Dissonence (the disconnect between the player and the character)
Kerfuffle (fight or disturbance)
Applejack(s) (the cereal or pony)

Spanish

Quince (15)
tararear (to la-la-la; to sing to oneself)

Words are fun sometimes. I like this thread.

CinnabarPyro June 28, 2014 05:37:49 AM

English:
-DEFICIT (Lack of something)
-DEMONSTRABLE (something you can demonstrate)
-ABSTENTIOUS (not indulging in excess)

Tarellethiel December 31, 2014 01:07:45 PM

Old Norse
Fenrisulfr: meaning Fenris Wolf, the beast destined to devour Odin. It also sounds like sulfur when you slur the syllables.
Gjöll: meaning scream.
Dovahzul
Sovngarde: Skyrim's equivalent of Valhalla, where slain warriors go after death to feast and spar for eternity. Although it isn't clear whether this word is actually in Dovahzul or not, it is definitely fun to say, especially quickly. S'vingaard!
Kruziik: meaning ancient, make sure to roll the r and the z can be pronounced as if German, so more like a ts sound.
German
Feuer: meaning fire.

CinnabarPyro January 5, 2015 01:01:21 PM

English:
- ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM (Political position that originated in 19th-century Britain, opposes proposals for the disestablishment of the Church of England)

I just love this word. Look at it, just LOOK at it!

Dragonite January 5, 2015 04:27:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tarellethiel (Post 296861)
Dovahzul
Sovngarde: Skyrim's equivalent of Valhalla, where slain warriors go after death to feast and spar for eternity. Although it isn't clear whether this word is actually in Dovahzul or not, it is definitely fun to say, especially quickly. S'vingaard!

Did you read my mind? I was legitimately thinking about fun words to say in Dovahzul about twenty minutes before I read this 0.0 Also according to most sources I see, "Sovngarde" is canon Dovahzul, but it's longer than a lot of other words in the language and doesn't seem to be compounded from anything else. (Also, it comes from the phrase "resting place" in Scandinavian. So that's fun, I guess.)

Anyway, from said language . . .

Lingrah: "Long." It sounds like a type of pasta. Be quiet. Don't ask. Also it was one of the first words I learned the translation of, so that's fun.

Boziik: "Bold." It sounds like a sound effect you'd see in a comic book or something. Right?

Mahfaeraak: "Forever." Mahfaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaeraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak . Also it's been pointed out to me that it's the only known canon word that uses the "ae" letter combination, so that's sort of interesting.

Kaveman March 22, 2015 01:56:13 PM

English
-Conundrum:
1. a riddle, the answer to which involves a pun or play on words, as What is black and white and read all over? A newspaper.
2. anything that puzzles.

GreenMan March 23, 2015 03:00:35 PM

German
Schmetterling
-A butterfly

Dragonite March 23, 2015 09:19:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GreenMan (Post 297512)
German
Schmetterling
-A butterfly

I think you might have won the thread.

Pepsi July 28, 2015 05:17:24 PM

Du Haust in German word for English means You have or you hate I think

GreenMan July 28, 2015 07:12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pepsi (Post 297805)
Du Haust in German word for English means You have or you hate I think

Just looked it up and

Du haust - you hit.
Du hast- you have
Du hasst- you hate

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The Villain of Scams August 16, 2015 01:08:07 AM

Lyublyu. It's so cute to say. It means love in Russian, I think.


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