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04 February 2006

You know what's a fun word to say? →[More:] Zanzibar. Go on. Say it out loud. Zaaaanzibaaaar.
post by: cmonkey at: 19:07 | 27 comments
Contraption is even more fun to say. So is rubber.
posted by jonmc 04 February | 19:09
Like in that Tenacious D song?
posted by SassHat 04 February | 19:09
I have never heard "Tenacious D", but I imagine it to be from "Ramblin' Man" by Lemon Jelly.

A throaty Charlton Heston whispering "Zaaaaanzibar..." into your ear while you sleep, lusting inaudibly for the beaches of Tanzania.
posted by cmonkey 04 February | 19:23
Sesquipedalian. It is what it describes -- brilliance. Also, those rapid-fire multisyllables just ro-oo-oll off the tongue.
posted by killdevil 04 February | 19:32
no way, man. The best word is MONEY. And all it's many connotations - greenbacks, moolah, cheddar, cabbage, Dead Presidents, etc.
posted by Lipstick Thespian 04 February | 19:37
Penis. (it had to be said)
posted by killdevil 04 February | 19:40
I'm sorry, money and penis and sesquipedalian do not compare to the simple joys of zannnnzibarrrrrr.
posted by cmonkey 04 February | 19:43
We may agree to disagree, sir.
posted by killdevil 04 February | 19:47
c'mon folks, RUBBER. Say it over and over, let it bounce around in your mouth. Rubber, Rubber, Rubber Bubber Dubber Rubber Flubber....
posted by jonmc 04 February | 19:50
Sesquipedalian.

An octopus with a missing leg?
posted by mudpuppie 04 February | 19:56
Or no, wait, an octopus with 150 legs. Yeah, that's what I meant.
posted by mudpuppie 04 February | 19:57
I like to say darukaru. It's a mf username. I really like it a lot. Duh-rooooo-kuh-roooo.
posted by iconomy 04 February | 20:00
Rubber is hilarious. There’s also squash, smash, hash (many words that end in “sh”); just about any noun with “licious” or “alicious” stuck on the end; lots of “bl” words like “blab” or “blurt.” Some phrases are fun: “spontaneous combustion.”
posted by sophieblue 04 February | 20:05
Speaking of Africa, I always liked the sound of Burkina Faso. Buuurkeeena FAAAsooo.

Of course, the capital is the excellently named Ouagadougou.
posted by selfnoise 04 February | 20:09
Then there's the good old American place names of Walla Walla, Kalamazoo, Cucamonga...
posted by wendell 04 February | 20:20
Walla Walla Washington no less! Alliterative bliss. Walla Walla is surrounded by lots and lots of onion fields. And some wineries. That's most of what I remember.
posted by killdevil 04 February | 20:27
Jazzercize.
posted by furtive 04 February | 21:25
Nora's waiting in trolly,
Walla Wash and Kalamazoo!
posted by warbaby 04 February | 22:04
er... Walla Walla Wash and Kalamazoo!
posted by warbaby 04 February | 22:05
er.. trolley
posted by warbaby 04 February | 22:05
one more time...


Nora's waiting in the trolley,
Walla Walla Wash and Kalamazooooooooo!
posted by warbaby 04 February | 22:06
Greek tennis player Elena Danilidou: Ee-LAY-na DAN-ee-lee-DOO. It's awesomeness concentrated.

And monkeynuts.
posted by tracicle 04 February | 23:03
I like Zanzibar, but for a couple of years my favorite word in the whole world was Takadanobaba. Or maybe I was just really happy once I was able to say it as smoothly as everyone around me. (^_^)

"tah-kah-dah-no-bah-bah" ... it's spoken quickly with each syllable getting the same weight/emphasis/whatever...
posted by MightyNez 05 February | 04:01
Fruehstucksflocken. Supposedly a German word for cold breakfast cereal, but since being taught it in 10th grade I've never had proof of its authenticity. Which leads me to believe that it is not a real word. Alas.

Also? Tazmainian, kazoo, and anything prefaced by the word "wee".
posted by kosher_jenny 05 February | 04:01
"Afganistan Bananastand". Say it.
posted by Dunwitty 05 February | 05:15
Unique New York. 3 times fast.
posted by chewatadistance 05 February | 06:47
There a certain lake...
posted by Wolfdog 05 February | 12:52
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