"cellar door"

[Laurence Horn]

>No one has mentioned it yet as far as I know, so let me add that
>Henry James thought "summer afternoon" were the most beautiful words
>in the English language.
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>Fred Shapiro

And we won't even get into which words Henry Miller would have nominated...

LH

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>From: American Dialect Society [ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
>Charles Doyle [cdoyle at UGA.EDU]
>Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 3:42 PM
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>Subject: Re: "cellar door"
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>And while we're on the subject (sort of), does anyone know the
>history of (or the history of the attribution of) the
>not-infrequently-recounted anecdote about the wit who declared that
>the most beautiful word in the English language is "syphilis"? I've
>heard it credited to Samuel Johnson and perhaps one or two other
>"quote magnets."
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>--Charlie
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