What is your favourite word in the Americano/English language?

[lurk]

Originally Posted by Qion

(And I hope you were just joking about the lack of cultural education thing; I don't really see where this would fit into "Important European History" )

That is the problem with kids these days they just don't understand the touchstones of their culture!! Now if they just spent some time in the... comfy chair!!! Then maybe they would appreciate what their elders have to say.

[In all honesty I put that in there to make a joke in the word associate thread, alas it went unnoticed at which point I had become kind of fond of it myself.]

[Mobius Rex]

flummox is a nice one, as is lummox ......"You've got to use simple words otherwise you'll flummox that pathetic lummox standing over there."

[Rhisiart]

Capricious

[CaptainQuark]

I've always had a fondness for the word drub. Couldn't tell ya why…

[reed]

gesundheit
(speaking of German)

funny word in "American" English usage.

[CaptainQuark]

And speaking even more of German, why does everyone use the word Angst, when the Swedish ångest expresses so much more angst?

[Rhisiart]

Originally Posted by CaptainQuark

And speaking even more of German, why does everyone use the word Angst, when the Swedish ångest expresses so much more angst?

Sounds like the Swedish pronounce it with more conviction.

P.S. I am currently learning German. I never thought of it as an attractive language (let's face it, it can sound harsh), but once you start speaking it, it sort of flows nicely.

[CaptainQuark]

It's pronounced ONG-est, with the stress on the first syllable, which means that you can put so much more expression into it, where as Angst, with just one syllable is too flat and measured to express what is is supposed to describe.

I did German for a year at school, but their convoluted grammar and rigid sentence structure just didn't appeal to me and stifled my ability to express myself. I didn't feel that it flowed at all – way too stilted.

Vive la France!