tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post7333505253414916382..comments2024-03-27T06:25:29.002-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `The Most Beautiful English Word'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-35306300573359382552016-07-04T13:36:18.977-05:002016-07-04T13:36:18.977-05:00Eschew is a lovely word I learned as a young reade...Eschew is a lovely word I learned as a young reader of the King James Bible.Tim Guirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04273546542482255916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-21392560745362093532016-06-28T11:14:47.855-05:002016-06-28T11:14:47.855-05:00I was once lucky enough to see a large celadon col...I was once lucky enough to see a large celadon collection in a Korean museum, so I'd like to echo the comment from "The Sanity Inspector."<br /><br />The green color is obtained by firing an iron oxide glaze in a kiln deprived of oxygen. This process reduces the oxidation number of the oxygen in the iron oxides, which causes the change from the familiar rust color to celadon. <br /><br />The color was prized because it evoked the color of jade, which had religious significance, as well as an association with wealth and status.<br /><br />As far as I know, this has nothing to do with the leafy streets of Troy, New York.Cornflourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14806885018129739446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-91427385919129607222016-06-27T18:50:10.515-05:002016-06-27T18:50:10.515-05:00cartographycartographyMudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-88128932349109843802016-06-27T18:44:11.002-05:002016-06-27T18:44:11.002-05:00Also see pictures of Korean museums of celadon cer...Also see pictures of Korean museums of celadon ceramicware. Exquisite.The Sanity Inspectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04808433661634318393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-869680518808565092016-06-27T07:56:41.046-05:002016-06-27T07:56:41.046-05:00According to Wikipedia (at least, this morning'...According to Wikipedia (at least, this morning's Wikipedia), the origin of the first attribution to "cellar door" of the honor of being English's most beautiful word is lost in the mists of time -- sometime before 1903. I remember learning, in about 1954, that it was T. S. Eliot who had declared cellar door the most beautiful word in response to a letter sent to renowned writers by a high school English class -- apocryphal, I guess. I and my friends saw a connection between cellar door and stella d'oro, and we decided that its religious resonance had influenced the high church Eliot to make his choice.Denkof Zwemmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01118582264573609926noreply@blogger.com