08-03-2011, 12:58 PM
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Cellar door. This phrase was once voted the most pleasant sounding phrase in the English language. (Many eons ago.)
Really? Why?
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Right now Emily.
Tropical storm Emily?
08-03-2011, 01:00 PM
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Believe nothing you hear and half what you see.
08-03-2011, 01:02 PM
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08-03-2011, 03:40 PM
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Really? Why?
I guess because it is "mellifluous" or something like that. I was just a child at the time and remember my mother telling me.
Here's a 2010 article on it. Looks like some people still think it's the most beautiful sounding term.
What
08-03-2011, 04:48 PM
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Ugly as homemade sin
08-03-2011, 05:25 PM
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Was thinking of that song just yesterday. There's a line..."There's a pretty little thing, waiting for the king, down in the jungle room."
Only thing is, everyone knows Elvis moved to Kalamazoo after he faked his death.
my favourite line... I thought of that line when I visited Graceland
- of course!
08-03-2011, 05:26 PM
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"I see" said the blind man as he picked up his hammer and saw.
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08-03-2011, 05:31 PM
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08-03-2011, 06:32 PM
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equinox
Great Styx album.
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Really? Why?
my favourite line... I thought of that line when I visited Graceland 
