Brian Bilston
These are a few of my favourite words …
Dec 17 at 12:55pmWeb
Show threaddazfuller Dec 17
@brianbilston please tell me someone else sat there singing along to this
Show threadBrian BilstonDec 17
@dazfuller Yes, I can see him in the house across from me.
Show threadDave Muth12h ago
@dazfuller @brianbilston I sang it to myself right away. Now, where's my wife? Where's my cat?
Show threadArdentArchivistDec 17

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Show threadlemgandiDec 17

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Hurlo-Thrumbo!

Show threadVirginicusDec 17
@brianbilston For anyone else who didn’t know the term, here is the earliest use of “obnubilation” in the #OED. “Neither can the Moone be eclipsed but..in her farthest posture from the sunne: then is she prostitute to obnubilation.”
Show thread0x10f/kalle/qalleDec 17
@brianbilston There are 34 favourite words in total. I think 29 of them have a labial consonant (/p b m/) or a rounded vowel (/ɒ ɔː uː/). (I'm not a native speaker and Wiktionary didn't have pronunciations for all the words.) The author seems to be from Birmingham, so according to Wikipedia, his "u" in "refulgent" may be realised as a rounded vowel too (/ʊ/). The 4 other words are sachet, surly, zephyr and gaggle.