Sunday, May 29, 2022

mmmdcviii

no. 18 – A Thank You Note
              to Pretty Words


Pretty words in any language.
Like:

Schöne Wrote
Palavras bonitas
Lus zoo
Όμορφα λόγια (Ómorfa lógia(
Sheyn verter (שיין ווערטער)
ʻŌlelo Nani
Ładne słowa
Красивые лова (Krasivyye slova)
Từ ngữ đẹp
Palabras bonitas
예쁜 말 (yeppeun mal)
漂亮的話 (Piàoliang dehuà)
Belle parole
அழகான வார்த்தைகள் (Aḻakāṉa vārttaikaḷ)
Hezka slová
Amagambo mez
সুন্দর শব্দ (Sundara śabda)
Lijepe riječi
စကားလုံးလှလှလေးတွေ (hcakarrlone lhalhalayytway)
Әдемі сөздер (Ädemi sözder)
Paraules Boniques
सुंदर शब्द (sundar shabd)
Cuvinte frumoase
Mooi woorde
Faclan Bòidheac
Erayada Quruxda Badan
Керемет сөздөр (Keremet sözdör)
Matahum nga mga Pulong
Mantswe a Matle
Vackra ord
Mooie woorden
Maneno Mazri
Матур сүзләр
Belaj vortoj
Gražūs žodžiai
کلمات زیب
Awọn ọrọ lẹwaคำสวย (Khả s̄wy)
સુંદર શબ્દો (Sundara śabdō)
Geiriau Pretty
Хөөрхөн үгс (Khöörkhön ügs)
Bèl Mo
Teny tsara tarehy
Pretty words

You didn’t expect me to list
them all, did you? Right here?
Who’s to say what words might
be pretty to you? Only you, I
suppose. And how might your
pretty compare to my pretty?
Wouldn’t the beauty of the sound
of words vary wildly among cultures,
not to mention, as I just said above,
among individuals? What if every
word and every language is pretty
to me. I believe this must be true
if my faculties are still in order.
One might spend a lifetime seek
ing out all of the pretty words in
the world and find only a tiny por
tion of them, don’t you think?

a parade of pretty words