If you’re at all interested in words you might be interested in reading this article from this week’s Guardian Review section. Various people were asked about their favourite words. It’s amazing how many of the favourites are of a Scottish/Irish origin, but maybe that says more about the people chosen to contribute to the article.
Do you have any favourite words? I’ve always had a penchant for lagoon. I don’t really know why, apart from that it conjures up a beautiful image of clear blue-green water, exotic and warmish – for me anyway.
I like the word ‘linoleum’ for the way it sounds. I suppose it’s also nice that real linoleum is also an environmentally sound floor covering.
It’s funny that you posted this blog today. My friend Dean sent me a book just before we went on vacation. It’s called Endangered Words: A Collection of Gems for Book Lovers by Simon Hertnon.
Joan,
I knew a girl who couldn’t say linoleum – she said ninoneum, very strange. Did you know that Kirkcaldy was at one time the home of the largest linoleum manufacturers in the world, you can still smell the linseed when it rains!
The book sounds interesting.