Re: David P's "month" (was: Poll by Email No. 3)

In a message dated 2002.03.05 02.43.57 AM, suomenkieli@YAHOO.COM writes:

>--- David Peterson <DigitalScream@...> wrote:
>> I discovered what the most beautiful word is ever
>> (and my results are, in fact, incontravertible).
>> You ready? The most beautiful word is: month.  ;)
>
>Sorry to barge in on the poll discussion and all, but
>c'mon David.. "month"!?  ;-)
    *Snarfle* David has some very strange fixations, IMHO...
>
>Ok, well, to each his own, but I beg to differ.  The
>most beautiful *English* word I can think of is
>_muse_.
>
>Other opinions?
    Nice one... _muse_ is one of my favourites, too (In fact I write an
inspirational/thought-provoking/worldview-upsetting recovery-orientated email
digest I call _Muse-lettres_).
    But my 4 all-time favourite noun-words since childhood are: _gyroscope_,
_kaleidoscope_ , _toy piano_ & , hehe, _Lego_. (I had a pretty interesting
childhood as you can probably gather. Interestingly enough, my dad also has
the two -scope [gyroscope & kaleidoscope] words quite prominent in a few of
his poems about childhood and education/science).
    My favourite adjectives are way too numerous to list ;) but two that come
to mind immediately are: _chaotic_ & _intense_. Fav verb: _mutate_ :) Fav
Latin phrase: _mutatis mutandi_, of course... Fav French: _objet trouve_...
Fav Japanese words: _wabi_ & _sabi_... Fav Russian: _otstraneniye_...Fav
German: _Verfremdungseffekt_... <OTHER FAVS see below>
    I better stop here ;) before I create a whole ConLang just outta fav
words ;) [which is not a bad idea ::mad lingua-mangler gigglefit::]

    czHANg
~§~
_LILA_ <from Sanskrit> = "Divine Play"  - the 'joyous exercise of spontaneity
involved in the art of creation' (Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan)
...the play of creation, destruction, and re-creation, the folding and
unfolding of the cosmos...both the delight and enjoyment of this moment, and
the play of [the] God[head] ("the universe is what happens when God wants to
play").

_Spielraum_ <from German> = free scope to experiment with things & ideas; to
toy with ideas; room to play in

    WHIM = 1a. a sudden fancy; a caprice. b. capriciousness. 2. a kind of
windlass for raising ore or water from a mine. [17th century: origin unknown]
    WHIMSY (plural forms: WHIMSIES, WHIMSEYS) = 1. a whim; a capricious
notion or fancy. 2. capricious or quaint humour. [related to WHIM-WHAM
]/Italian _capriccio_, French _boutade_
    WHIM-WHAM = a toy or plaything