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Comments on: Beauty http://druidjournal.net/word-of-the-day/2007/05/18/beauty/ At the Crossroads of Sound and Meaning Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:19:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jeff Lilly http://druidjournal.net/word-of-the-day/2007/05/18/beauty/#comment-3260 Jeff Lilly Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:20:19 +0000 http://druidjournal.net/word-of-the-day/2007/05/18/beauty/#comment-3260 I'll put them in the queue, Kate. :-) <i>Booty</i>, briefly, is just like <i>beauty</i>, but lacks the connotations of energy, trust, and youth. In other words, it is explosive, fast and flowing, and results in a temptation, a call forward along a path; and the final syllable leaves the energy open without conclusion. So here is an interesting thing: <i>booty</i> differs in two very important ways from <i>beauty</i>. First, <i>booty</i> is a much ruder and coarser word; but this is not reflected in the phonosemantics. Phonosemantics says nothing about polite society. Second, <i>booty</i> refers to a specific body part that excites temptation, while <i>beauty</i> refers to an abstraction that excites temptation. But again, this difference is not reflected in the phonosemantics. Abstract or concrete, phonosemantics doesn't care. For me the most interesting question is: does this mean that Spirit doesn't care about abtract vs. concrete, and rude/coarse vs. polite society? Perhaps not. I’ll put them in the queue, Kate. :-)

Booty, briefly, is just like beauty, but lacks the connotations of energy, trust, and youth. In other words, it is explosive, fast and flowing, and results in a temptation, a call forward along a path; and the final syllable leaves the energy open without conclusion.

So here is an interesting thing: booty differs in two very important ways from beauty. First, booty is a much ruder and coarser word; but this is not reflected in the phonosemantics. Phonosemantics says nothing about polite society. Second, booty refers to a specific body part that excites temptation, while beauty refers to an abstraction that excites temptation. But again, this difference is not reflected in the phonosemantics. Abstract or concrete, phonosemantics doesn’t care. For me the most interesting question is: does this mean that Spirit doesn’t care about abtract vs. concrete, and rude/coarse vs. polite society? Perhaps not.

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By: Kate Gladstone http://druidjournal.net/word-of-the-day/2007/05/18/beauty/#comment-3244 Kate Gladstone Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:01:36 +0000 http://druidjournal.net/word-of-the-day/2007/05/18/beauty/#comment-3244 Hmmm ... what, then, about the phonosemantics of "booty"? Two other words I'd like to see the phonosemantics of: "ermine" and "vermin." Hmmm … what, then, about the phonosemantics of “booty”?

Two other words I’d like to see the phonosemantics of:
“ermine” and “vermin.”

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By: CGDotNet http://druidjournal.net/word-of-the-day/2007/05/18/beauty/#comment-18 CGDotNet Fri, 18 May 2007 18:39:12 +0000 http://druidjournal.net/word-of-the-day/2007/05/18/beauty/#comment-18 "(Without the “y”, of course, beauty would just be booty.)" Which, depending on hwo you look at it, could be quite attractive...that line of yours made me laugh. Some words I would like to see here: clairvoyant, mystic, purple, envy, truth, spirit(uality), yoga, tome, book Thanks! --J “(Without the “y”, of course, beauty would just be booty.)”

Which, depending on hwo you look at it, could be quite attractive…that line of yours made me laugh.

Some words I would like to see here:

clairvoyant, mystic, purple, envy, truth, spirit(uality), yoga, tome, book

Thanks!

–J

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