Robert Beard, a former linguistics professor at Bucknell University,
also created his own list of beautiful words. Through careful research,
he determined 100 English words that people seem to like most though may not use frequently.
Some eccentric yet notable words include ailurophile, inglenook, and Susquehanna.
巴克内尔大学语言学前教授罗伯特·比尔德,也列出了自己认为很美丽的单词列表。他通过仔细研究,确定了大概100个人们可能最喜欢但并不常用的英语单词。其中不乏有一些让人感觉怪异却引人注目的单词包括:“ailurophile”(极爱猫的人)、“ing le no ok”(火炉边)、“Susquehanna”(萨斯奎汉纳——美国东海岸的一条主要河流)。
While you might consider these words beautiful without knowing what they mean,
linguist David Crystal says it’s impossible to separate sounds entirely from their meaning.
Words with positive connotations, like birds and flowers, naturally make us happy,
while darker words, like “peril,” instill less positive feelings.