honestly, I voted but I disagree with the entire concept of these made-up rules to determine if a word is beautiful or not. Aesthetics cannot be explained by numbers, because they’re deeply personal. Also surprised that you didn’t mention that this idea of moist being an ugly word could easily be a manufactured idea, just by looking at the immense amount of news outlets covering it (just like cellar door was also manufactured, but by fictional works).
5 months ago | 22
A similar video you could make, though YouTube may not care for it, is the origin of “naughty words,” like swears, where they come from, what they mean, why they came to be considered offensive. Naturally, slurs can be left out, but swears like D, and S, and F, and such would be fascinating.
5 months ago | 4
We also need to start looking at time windows- I can't recall everyone talking about how they hated "moist" until a relatively few years ago. Sounds like some internet-fueled pop culture BS fad.
5 months ago | 5
I'm probably the anomaly, but when you put the poll up, I thought it literally meant how the word looks. I didn't consider the sound it makes 🙃
5 months ago | 5
unrelated to the post! but was wondering are you planning on doing more cryptic crossword videos? it was so much fun solving it with you (and occaisionally before you lol)
5 months ago | 3
Sorry but I don't hate the word moist. I rather like it. Especially hearing Chevy Chase talk about his moist towelettes company in the Community tv show, it cracks me up with laughter. It is an odd sound. Words I do hate include irregardless and when people say shedule for schedule and often with the t, no, please.
5 months ago | 3
Can you do a video on American vs. British prepositions? What is up with British people saying "different TO" instead of "different THAN" or "different FROM" like Americans do? "Similar TO" makes sense because similar things are alike. "Different THAN" or "different FROM" make sense because different things are not alike. Why use the same preposition? (Is "than" even a preposition?) (For reference, in American - "My opinion is different from yours because..." or "horses are different than donkeys because...") And as for beautiful-sounding words... "cigarette", even though it's a horrible thing, it fits beautifully into music.
5 months ago | 0
I don't hate "moist". In fact, I like asking people who do hate it, "How do you describe a nice cake? Damp?"
4 months ago | 1
Dear Mr RobWords Why do some people say quote unquote or quote on quote and then say the quote instead of said 'Quote' read the quote, then say 'unquote' to express the end of the quote? When did we start saying this?
4 months ago | 0
Pulchitudronous means beautiful but antebellum means pre-war. Figure that out.
5 months ago | 0
in my opinion, the prettiest sounding name is sophia. however, verb and moist sound like weird, disgusting shades of green, which makes them sound ugly.
4 months ago (edited) | 0
RobWords
THANK YOU
If you voted in my polls or suggested your own ugly and beautiful words, thank you.
Here's my video setting out the results.
If you made a suggestion, perhaps it gets a mention!
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