What is the most beautiful word in the English Language?
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2021
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Today I delve into the legend of "Cellar-Door", and the supposed beauty found in the phonetics of the compound word.
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Further Reading:
1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonaes...
2. www.theguardian.com/media/min...
3. www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/ma...
4. annasmol.net/2019/04/13/tolki...
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Found you with Rage by King, stayed for Dr Gonzo, subbed for Cellar-door
Much appreciated, thank you.
The exact order of my viewing as well. Interesting how that works.
@@megb7715 it's a strange list of topics to jump around between as well lol very ecleptic
I skipped the Gonzo vid. I've no idea who that even is.
From Dr. Gonzo to Rage and Cellar-door. Not the exact order but there´s a pattern here..
One word I've always loved the look, sound and meaning of is "halcyon"
My favourite word is tranquility. Both for how it sounds and the meaning. I also love writing it.
I was pregnant with my son and had not thought of a name yet when I had a dream about it.
An older relative was calling my baby "Selador" and I remember worrying to myself in my dream that his name sounds like "cellar door"
hehe! also sounds like “sell a door” xD! I hope you found a beautiful name for your baby :)
I loved watching this and then realizing that you named your channel cellar door with the fancy spelling. ✨🚪✨ Brilliant channel name backstory
As a bilingual, some English words that I like a lot for no reason are: eclectic, magnanimous, hubris, murmurs, anonymity, jabberwocky, myopia/myopic, among other stuff. I guess my only metrics are how cute they sound & how fun they are to say 💀.
Interesting choices
Oh my god I just love the word Jabberwocky! It’s so abstract, yet so evocative. I also like how it sounds scary, but still so childish.
Just a note to tell you how much I liked this video. It's rare to find Lewis and Donny Darko in the same discussion. Also, my favourite word for decades has been "ampersand.".
Clicked on this video because I knew the answer would be Cellar-door. It’s mentioned in Donnie Darko, but I’ve never understood why. This was a really interesting video dude, your voice is very calming, just subbed!
My suggestion for a beautiful word removed from context
Chlamydia
I do believe it ticks off many of the boxes
PS, I joke that this would be a great name for a girl if it wasn't already taken
And since we're allowed to alter, Clamydia
Napalm sounds lovely if one has no idea what it is or the horror associated with it.
I was thinking of chrysanthemum,
However I now vote for syphilis.
Come to think of it, "pneumonia" sounds beautiful in a hollow way. It's always the diseases, ig 💀
I’ve thought that too! 😂
The comment section on this channel are some of the most artfully put and
Beautiful yet not in a pandering tryhard way....
Mine are a tie: • trigonometric • monotonousness
Such amazing content.....just watched your vid on Stephen King's Rage.....a novella that really haunted me after I read it years ago, I always saw it as prophetic instead of an inducement....yet I can understand why it was pulled, it's like anything else in life, some people pick up a hammer & build something, some people use it as a deadly weapon.....should hammers be banned?.... probably not the best comparison.....I just love the written word, and metaphorical book-burning is a slippery slope....looking forward to seeing what else you have to say 👍
I was on a medication one time named Seroquel, I will never forget it because I loved the way it sounds. Oddly enough I had a horrible reaction and hated the medicine haha.
Also my 21 yr old son's name is Mason Cole. I always got compliments on his name, now Mason is very popular in the last decade. Adam Wesley is his brother, I think they're both nice strong names. Maybe I am a bit biased perhaps.
Truly awful stuff.
Saw its effects on a friend in Bisbee AZ
His name was curin
Therefore I would say to him often curin is greater than seroquel
Yet seroquel ain't curin' much.
P.s. my son's name is brycen Cole.
@@williemasterofdestruction5339 it's a very hard feeling to explain. I told my doctor the best way I could describe it was feeling completely dissociated at a moments notice. It was like I would be talking to someone, then suddenly feel as if I am a spectator of the conversion instead of the person in the conversation, almost out of body but in the worst way possible. It got to be really scary, especially in public alone or while driving.
Like I said, super hard to describe where you could make someone truly understand, but the most awful medication I have ever been on in my life. Xanax is a very close second!
I love your son's name❤ Hope you both are well, your friend also.
You discuss such esoteric and fascinating topics! Loved this video :)
Thanks a lot!
I've always been partial to Obsidian, Gemini, and Miasma
This is interesting. For a novel I have written called "The Magician" (part of a trilogy) I named the the main protagonist Levi Cellardoor for that very reason. I hadn't delved that deeply in my research of a name for him so I thoroughly enjoyed this video for more information. Although I wish I had changed the spelling to Selladore instead :) Thanks for the video!
This was such a pleasant watch.
Really surprised you don’t mention Ursula K Le Guin in this video. She was (arguably) the foremost female writer of science-fiction and fantasy in the twentieth century, and her epic fantasy series Earthsea uses this word prominently with a mysterious island named “Selidor”. In her books it is the Westmost island on the map, populated once by dragons rather than humans. In her world-building, she establishes that the people of Earthsea begin orally told legends and tales with the formula, “As long ago as forever, as far away as Selidor….” Rather than “Once upon a time…” or something.
So whenever I hear the word sound “cellar-door/Selador/Sell-a-door/Cell-adore” or whatever I always immediately think of Le Guin’s Selidor as the definitive meaning in my mind.
Dude you do phenomenal work, you've got immense talent and I love all of your long form content, it's stunning that you're still so lowkey, if you keep with it you're going to blow up, and I'm stoked to see it happen
I love this, Mr. Cellar-Door.
There's a play titled: It's called the sugar plum. The male lead uses it to seduce the female lead.
And now I realized how you titled your youtube page as "seladore"! LOL!
your content is beautiful.
I think “soliloquy” is the most beautiful word.
Solid pick. The first one that came to my mind is somewhat similar: serendipity
mine is "Enamour'
“Luminous” sounds pretty good to me. Keep this thread flowing! Interesting topic.
Is there some way to test words on the phonetics test because I'd like to submit the actual most beautiful word in the English language, and that is "Tiger-palm". I think it's a contender for GOAT.
By the way I watch a decent amount of video essay channels and your work is really top notch, I'm excited to see you grow!
Cella door of the film Donnie Darko after your user name u must have watched and enjoyed it.....and an intreguing question indeed !
Very much enjoying the content! Just found you today with your video about Rage and Bachman/King. For once the algorithm gods got it right lol.
I like "luxuriously". Its almost onomatopoeic
Hello. The word at the top of the list is, 'tremulous', however, you quite clearly pronounced a different word: 'tumultuous'. 'Tumultuous' rolls off the tongue rather nicely as well.
Fellatio.... The most beautiful word in the English language is fellatio.
Cellar Door
Incredible content and “beautiful” channel :)
The made up words sounded so much like pharmaceutical brand names 🤔
C'est la d'or
As a written word Twilight is to me very appealing. Same thing with the latin word Ecclesia.
Serendipity 😊
camomile
introspection
paint
:)
Why do so many people hate the word
“Moist” ?
I felt so stupid when at the very end you blend in your username. Damn I'm slow
I saw your name watching rage. Recognized its importance. Went to your vids…. Good show ol’ chap
Coin. Say it out loud. So sensual, graceful.
Cellar-door sounds clunky and unpleasant
I think so too and the word beautiful sounds more beautiful to me than cellar-door 😂
Cellar-door becoming Selladore, a friendly reminder that the letter “r” has only been partially implemented in the British Isles
Celestial
Semaphore
One of the most beautiful words, in my opinion, is ennui. And yes, I see the irony.
Parallelogram
meliflous
bloom
Special mention to Diarrhea, would have been a nice word if the meaning was the total opposite.
Nostril
i like the sound of /sproŋk/
My name is Sky ♡
Glad I stayed. 😌
Lol, Donnie Darko
Elicit is euphonic to me
Donnie Darko
I think melodic is a word
Drematol sounds like the latest Pfizer product
Why did you use only one L in your spelling?