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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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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Tarantism

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The overwhelming urge to banish one’s melancholy by dancing. Happiness!

Jessie
California

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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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