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Post by ant-mac on Oct 5, 2018 3:11:19 GMT
I can honestly say I've never given the subject much thought.
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Post by ant-mac on Oct 5, 2018 3:12:43 GMT
I always absolutely adore all alliteration. |
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 5, 2018 4:02:57 GMT
No, at least nowhere that I've ever heard of. I used alliteration in an earlier post, the letter 'p', to be exact, (and hadn't realized it until after I'd finished and gone back and read it) and then I thought how catchy alliteration could be, which led me to consider letters and which ones have the best sound that is used to best advantage with alliteration. There are phonetics that I thing especially nice, and then a few that I don't care for. But, for example, an oldie "Peter Piper Packed a Peck of Pickled Peppers"... I just enjoy that stuff.  That's disappointing! I wanted to hear that my choice makes me a sociopathic narcissist or something.  Oh, hey, I'm sure I could conjure up some kind of psychological profile for you.  One of the coolest things I ever heard came from Virginia Woolf. She likened a person's life to the alphabet and believed that if a person made it to the letter 'Q' by the time they died, they had lived a full life. I also like the lower right curl in the 'Q'; it's a pretty letter, I think. |
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 5, 2018 4:11:16 GMT
No, at least nowhere that I've ever heard of. I used alliteration in an earlier post, the letter 'p', to be exact, (and hadn't realized it until after I'd finished and gone back and read it) and then I thought how catchy alliteration could be, which led me to consider letters and which ones have the best sound that is used to best advantage with alliteration. There are phonetics that I thing especially nice, and then a few that I don't care for. But, for example, an oldie "Peter Piper Packed a Peck of Pickled Peppers"... I just enjoy that stuff. Aha! Now it makes sense - I love alliteration, too! I was going to say, E A R T H, but that doesn't work for alliteration, so... B C D F K. Yeah, I would never put vowels on a list like this. Vowels are not as interesting-sounding. I understand you have to have them for your words, but, still, vowels are more like the egg in the cake batter, the binding agent. |
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 5, 2018 4:20:19 GMT
Now, on the basis of 'pretty'... tough call...
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y ZA Q R S W
I love the thick and thin variations of Felipa! Okay, on the basis of pretty is totally valid. I think the prettiest/most shapely or psychologically aberrant/interesting (I know that was weird) letters are (in ABC order) Q, R, S, W, Z |
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Post by ant-mac on Oct 5, 2018 4:24:10 GMT
I always absolutely adore all alliteration. Literally a little or a lot? As an absorbing and advanced art, all alliteration's adorable and appealing, absolutely and always. |
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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Oct 5, 2018 4:28:21 GMT
Now, on the basis of 'pretty'... tough call...
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y ZA Q R S W
I love the thick and thin variations of Felipa! Okay, on the basis of pretty is totally valid. I think the prettiest/most shapely or psychologically aberrant/interesting (I know that was weird) letters are (in ABC order) Q, R, S, W, Z I picked A and you picked Z; the only difference between our lists! I like them, and this type face, because I learned calligraphy years ago, and my favorite style back then was Chancery Cursive. It's fun to be able to write with an old Speedball pen and a bottle of ink, the chisel point pen making the thicks and thins. |
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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Oct 5, 2018 4:29:37 GMT
Literally a little or a lot? As an absorbing and advanced art, all alliteration's adorable and appealing, absolutely and always. Awesome, ant-mac! |
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 5, 2018 4:37:42 GMT
Okay, on the basis of pretty is totally valid. I think the prettiest/most shapely or psychologically aberrant/interesting (I know that was weird) letters are (in ABC order) Q, R, S, W, Z I picked A and you picked Z; the only difference between our lists! I like them, and this type face, because I learned calligraphy years ago, and my favorite style back then was Chancery Cursive. It's fun to be able to write with an old Speedball pen and a bottle of ink, the chisel point pen making the thicks and thins. Yeah, those letters are unique in shape and are pleasing, and maybe even somewhat stimulating, to the eye. My favorite font is Peignot. It's the font from Mary Tyler Moore Show and it's the only place I've ever seen it. I think calligraphy would be fun to learn. |
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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Oct 5, 2018 4:48:35 GMT
I picked A and you picked Z; the only difference between our lists! I like them, and this type face, because I learned calligraphy years ago, and my favorite style back then was Chancery Cursive. It's fun to be able to write with an old Speedball pen and a bottle of ink, the chisel point pen making the thicks and thins. Yeah, those letters are unique in shape and are pleasing, and maybe even somewhat stimulating, to the eye. My favorite font is Peignot. It's the font from Mary Tyler Moore Show and it's the only place I've ever seen it. I think calligraphy would be fun to learn. You should try it! Just FYI, it's easier if you are right-handed; I'm a lefty, and always had to turn my paper so the thicks and thins were in the right place. |
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Post by ant-mac on Oct 5, 2018 4:53:46 GMT
Well, I suppose if I have to come up with 5 letters, these 5 are as good as any... A, N, T, M, C.  |
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Post by Roberto on Oct 5, 2018 7:10:14 GMT
Good question. Never thought about this before
For now I will go with
J Q S X Z
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Post by Roberto on Oct 5, 2018 7:10:59 GMT
The kewl less common and weird ones, and the first letter in my first name which is rather common. J Q X Z - hmmm, I actually have only four. I feel the same about the rest. Chuck in an S and it's the same as mine That's why I chose them too, weird and kewl |
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Post by Roberto on Oct 5, 2018 7:13:02 GMT
R.L. STINE? He said favorite letters, not author. |
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Post by Pep Streebeck on Oct 5, 2018 17:11:04 GMT
Z, 4, Q, Q, Q, 
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Post by koskiewicz on Oct 5, 2018 18:18:17 GMT
grammar, n. A system of pitfalls thoughtfully prepared for the feet of the self made man, along the path by which he advances to distinction.
-Ambrose Bierce
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Post by deembastille on Oct 5, 2018 22:27:46 GMT
Cat's Scrabble word.
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 7, 2018 2:42:09 GMT
The kewl less common and weird ones, and the first letter in my first name which is rather common. J Q X Z - hmmm, I actually have only four. I feel the same about the rest. You're being discretionary! |
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 7, 2018 2:45:05 GMT
grammar, n. A system of pitfalls thoughtfully prepared for the feet of the self made man, along the path by which he advances to distinction. -Ambrose Bierce I've always liked grammar. I took linguistics in college one summer and there were only like 8 or 9 of us, plus the instructor, who was this nice lady from India, I believe. Evidently, I was the only one in the class who thought that linguistics was the least bit interesting, and it was pretty much like a one-on-one course between me and her, while the other kids talked or read or nodded out. |
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Post by HumanFundRecipient on Oct 7, 2018 2:54:24 GMT
C R S T E
(Because I can use the letters to spell my given name.)
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