The Ugliest Words In English

Authors

A. Ross Eckler

Abstract

More than twenty years ago, Wilfred Funk proposed chimes, dawn, golden , hush, lullaby, luminous, melody, mist, murmuring and tranquil as the ten most beautiful words of the English language. More recently, Willard Espy generated gonorrhea, gossamer, lullaby, meandering, mellifluous, murmuring, onomatopoeia, Shenandoah, summer after and wisteria for the "Book of Lists #2" (1980).

Recommended Citation

Eckler, A. Ross (1992) "The Ugliest Words In English," Word Ways: Vol. 25 : Iss. 4 , Article 12.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol25/iss4/12