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[callmemadam]

Roses Over a Cottage Door posted about favourite words and coincidentally I’d been having similar thoughts. My word is ‘mysterious’. A favourite silly song of mine at the moment is Jessie J’s Price Tag, especially these lines:

"Why is everybody so serious?
Acting so damn mysterious"

I love this! It conjures up an image of a crowd of people wearing trench coats with collars pulled up and hats pulled down over their eyes, a sort of Inspector Gadget flashmob. It reminds me of H G Wells playing charades, drifting around in a sheet and then saying he was ‘God moving in a mysterious way’. If you emphasise the 'm' and stretch the second syllable, there’s something inherently amusing about the word, but why?

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[(Anonymous)]

Having discovered O douglas and E H Young via you its time to reciprocate.Radio 4 today,Wed and Thurs 3.30 "Good show Clarissa".Right up your street.angelalambert@live.co.uk

Good show Clarrisa

[(Anonymous)]

Sorry to use the comments this way.I am so greatful to you for introducing me to O Douglas and E H Young and thought you would enjoy the first of a radio 4 prog I have just listened to.Today,Wed and Thurs 3.30 Radio 4 "Good show Clarissa".angelalambert@live.co.uk

[ramblingfancy.livejournal.com]

I love Price Tag too! And your Inspector Gadget flashmob :)