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Filed Under (General) by Rob on 16-07-2009

Now, maybe you don’t have any, but I do! Furthermore, I’m going to share them with you…

uk

Firstly, my favourite English words are:

Flibbertigibbet
Seredipidy
Shenenigans
Anthropomorphic
Cataclismic
Rambuctious
Kerfuffle

france

Being an international, polyglot (ooh, there’s another one!) sort of person, I have favourite words in other languages too!
Here are my French ones:

Époustouflant
Grenouille
Chirurgien
Quatuor
Enchevêtrement
Mirobolant
Écureuil

(translations on request!)

germany

My favourite German words are:

Schlagzeug
Blaukraut
Schlüssel
Schadenfreude
Windschützscheibe
Schildkröte
Lieblingsfernsehschauspielerin

There you go! At the moment, I’m learning Bambara, the language widely spoken in southern Mali. For now, I only have one favourite word in Bambara, which is: bamanankankalannaw, which means ‘students of Bambara’, of which I am one!

Thanks for reading – what are your favourite words? Leave a comment and let me know!
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Comments:
1 Comment posted on "What are your favourite words???"
Ben Griffin on July 16th, 2009 at 10:50 pm #

Epoustouflant? What’s that mean? lol I’m also big on écureuil.

Unfortunately I have to go meet some folks for dinner, but I’ll think this over and get back to you with some good ones. 🙂