What’s the most beautiful word in the English language?
We asked that question recently, receiving hundreds of suggestions in tweets, comments, and Google+ posts. We’ve rounded up some of our reader responses below, but follow this link to read the complete list.
We will conclude this short summer series with a curmudgeonly quote from our reader, Arthur L: “Not sure. But certainly one of the most ridiculous questions is: ‘What’s the Most Beautiful Word in the English Language?'”
E. Durham: wine
Greg Ioannou: halcyon
Itai Rosenbaum: Spacescape.
silversister: Rubenesque
Jen Powers-Murphy: Egalitarian
Lance E. Jones: Scrumtrulescent
benjamin johnson: benign
Lauren: cellar door
Shawn: Mellifluous
Goposaur: Serenity
Kendall: Tranquility
Mark Fuller: Orgasm
Greg Bell: Murmur
Maggie Smith: Syphilis
Larry Smith: Eleutheromania
John R.: Quixotic
Matt Denton: Buconic
Carlos Calderón: Money
Eric Haskell: Superfluous
Lorca Damon: Preservation
GordonEbenezer Gourd: Sagacious
Deva Jasheway: Sky
PhonySentinels: Kiss
Richard Grayson: Vomit
Cynthia Haven:authenticity