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Monday, 19 January 2015

Favourite English Words

This isn't really much of a post, more like a list of different links, but while I was writing that (wayyyyy long) post about teachers I happened to come across this list that someone made of his favourite English words. I found that quite interesting so I consulted every student's best friend Google and found a couple of lists of nice, long and sometimes funny English words you can use to show off... ^^ So in case any of you are interested...

This is the list I originally found:
http://www.openculture.com/2014/01/david-foster-wallaces-lists-of-his-favorite-words.html

This is a list I found on Merriam Webster (I LOVE the word "defenestration", I need to remember that one!^^)
http://www.merriam-webster.com/top-ten-lists/top-10-peoples-favorite-words/defenestration.html

These are the 100 most beautiful words in English - apparently:
http://bourbonsoup.com/archives/7554

And this is a list of someone's favourite British slang terms (quite funny, I think...):
http://www.anglotopia.net/british-identity/humor/top-100-most-beautiful-british-slang-words-and-phrases/

Sooo... Maybe you can use those sometime... :)