curiousWhat are your favourite words, in any language? What do they mean (if they're not in English)? What is it that you like about them? Conversely, what words, in any language do you emphatically NOT like? What do they mean? Why?
Also, what phrases do you find more emphatic or suchlike in one language over another?
My personal answers: I don't like the Latvian words "iet bojā" or "tusēt". "Iet bojā" translates best as "to perish", but to me has always held the connotation of "to perish in a very horrible fashion", and hence the crass sound of the word has made me not like it since childhood, always preferring that people simply use words such as "mirt" (to die). The word "tusēt" is a colloquial term meaning "to hang out", and there's just something about the "tus" sound that I don't like the sound of. It also sounds fairly goofy.
As for emphatic phrases, I find the Latvian phrase "punkts un āmen" (period and amen) to be much more emphatic and authoritative than similar English phrases such as "Period. End of Discussion." or "Period. Amen.". I'm not entirely sure why, but it just sounds more final.
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