Phonaesthetics
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Phonaesthetics is the study of the beauty and pleasantness associated with the sounds of certain words or parts of words. The term was first used in this sense, perhaps by J. R. R. Tolkien, during the
The entrance of the "hobbit hole", which Tolkien devised, is a type of "cellar door", the idea of whose phonetic beauty he popularized.
Jackdaw
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Jackdaws are two species of bird in the genus Coloeus closely related to, but generally smaller than, crows and ravens. They have a blackish crown, wings, and tail, with the rest of their plumage pale
Phonaesthetics
…quality of an enchanting name (and some of which suggest a specifically standard British pronunciation of the word: ), which is homophonous with "sell a daw." Affection (linguistics) – Vowel sound change in Celtic languages…
Western Jackdaw and Daurian Jackdaw
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Coloeus dauuricus, adult, Izumi, Kagoshima, Japan 3
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