Jan
8
Popocatapetl
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A mountain in Mexico – I think it’s a volcano – a friend and I discovered this name in year 10 geography at high school and instantly fell in love with it! The way it sounds with the ‘p’s and ‘t’s gets me every time – and of course it sounds exotic. My US friends say I pronounce it wrong, but I don’t care – say it several times in a row and sound like a locomotive – it’s fun! (Po-PO-ca-ta-pet-l is the emphasis I use.)
Sarah
Australia
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Jan
8
Because it’s just such a fantastic sounding word rolling off your tongue – especially if said in a mock-southern US accent, stretching out the first syllable. The ‘r’ and the ‘p’s are fantastic, it virtually crackles as you say it! It’s also a cool meaning – ‘having insight’ but mostly its just the way it sounds. I love alliteration and this sounds like alliteration all in one word!
Sarah
Australia
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Jan
8
Tarantism
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The overwhelming urge to banish one’s melancholy by dancing. Happiness!
Jessie
California
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Jan
8
Chondrichthyes
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I love the way it sounds, but it is terribly hard to work into conversation.
Sarah
Santa Fe
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