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saidz · 11-05-2008, 04:09 AM

Great thread this, thank you for that Scott.

My two cents:

eenheidsworst is indeed a great rendering of the concept of uniformity and colorlessness. I do not think Scott meant to say it is used in English though, just Dutch...

Another one of my favorites in this language is herfst, the only (monosyllabic) word in Dutch that has four consecutive consonants. I would like to invite the non-native Dutch speakers to try to pronounce it, it's quite a challenge. In addition, no word in Dutch rimes with it (this is also unique). For those of you wondering: it means autumn.

11-05-2008, 04:09 AM	#4
saidz Moderator Join Date: Sep 2008 Age: 27 Posts: 81 Rep Power: 73	Re: Favorite words in other languages Great thread this, thank you for that Scott. My two cents: eenheidsworst is indeed a great rendering of the concept of uniformity and colorlessness. I do not think Scott meant to say it is used in English though, just Dutch... Another one of my favorites in this language is herfst, the only (monosyllabic) word in Dutch that has four consecutive consonants. I would like to invite the non-native Dutch speakers to try to pronounce it, it's quite a challenge. In addition, no word in Dutch rimes with it (this is also unique). For those of you wondering: it means autumn.