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Wonderful words

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Esmay Tue 02-Dec-25 16:00:43

I admit it - I'm a self confessed lover of words in any language .
The other day I had some strawberries and the word luscious came to mind .
Just thinking of the word luscious makes my mouth water with anticipation .

Do you have favourite words and why ?

Here's another : shib shib .
It means flip flops in Arabic because of the sound it makes .

Another English one:
Meadow.
It conjures up a field of long
,lush grass in which poppies and cornflowers bloom (and that's a beautiful word too )

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Esmay Mon 08-Dec-25 16:51:49

I haven't read the Joanna Lumley book .
I'd like to.

Butterfly is beautiful in any language-

Batafurai -Japanese
Bobochka -Russian
Farfalle Italian
Fjaril - Swedish
Parpur -Hebrew
Parash or Farash -Arabic
Mariposa-Spanish
Kupu Kupu -Indonesia add a malam and it means prostitutes as in butterflies of the night
Rama rama -Malay
Schmetterling -German from old German meaning butter
Titali -Hindi
Patampoochi -Tamil .

Whew !

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