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	<title>Comments on: Beauty</title>
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	<description>At the Crossroads of Sound and Meaning</description>
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		<title>By: Jeff Lilly</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jeff Lilly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I'll put them in the queue, Kate.  :-)

&lt;i&gt;Booty&lt;/i&gt;, briefly, is just like &lt;i&gt;beauty&lt;/i&gt;, but lacks the connotations of energy, trust, and youth.  In other words, it is explosive, fast and flowing, and results in a temptation, a call forward along a path; and the final syllable leaves the energy open without conclusion.  

So here is an interesting thing:  &lt;i&gt;booty&lt;/i&gt; differs in two very important ways from &lt;i&gt;beauty&lt;/i&gt;.  First, &lt;i&gt;booty&lt;/i&gt; is a much ruder and coarser word; but this is not reflected in the phonosemantics.  Phonosemantics says nothing about polite society.  Second, &lt;i&gt;booty&lt;/i&gt; refers to a specific body part that excites temptation, while &lt;i&gt;beauty&lt;/i&gt; refers to an abstraction that excites temptation.  But again, this difference is not reflected in the phonosemantics.  Abstract or concrete, phonosemantics doesn't care.  For me the most interesting question is:  does this mean that Spirit doesn't care about abtract vs. concrete, and rude/coarse vs. polite society?  Perhaps not.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ll put them in the queue, Kate.  <img src='http://druidjournal.net/word-of-the-day/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><i>Booty</i>, briefly, is just like <i>beauty</i>, but lacks the connotations of energy, trust, and youth.  In other words, it is explosive, fast and flowing, and results in a temptation, a call forward along a path; and the final syllable leaves the energy open without conclusion.  </p>
<p>So here is an interesting thing:  <i>booty</i> differs in two very important ways from <i>beauty</i>.  First, <i>booty</i> is a much ruder and coarser word; but this is not reflected in the phonosemantics.  Phonosemantics says nothing about polite society.  Second, <i>booty</i> refers to a specific body part that excites temptation, while <i>beauty</i> refers to an abstraction that excites temptation.  But again, this difference is not reflected in the phonosemantics.  Abstract or concrete, phonosemantics doesn&#8217;t care.  For me the most interesting question is:  does this mean that Spirit doesn&#8217;t care about abtract vs. concrete, and rude/coarse vs. polite society?  Perhaps not.</p>
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		<title>By: Kate Gladstone</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kate Gladstone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hmmm ... what, then, about the phonosemantics of "booty"?

Two other words I'd like to see the phonosemantics of: 
"ermine" and "vermin."</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmmm &#8230; what, then, about the phonosemantics of &#8220;booty&#8221;?</p>
<p>Two other words I&#8217;d like to see the phonosemantics of:<br />
&#8220;ermine&#8221; and &#8220;vermin.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: CGDotNet</title>
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		<dc:creator>CGDotNet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 18:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"(Without the â€œyâ€, of course, beauty would just be booty.)"

Which, depending on hwo you look at it, could be quite attractive...that line of yours made me laugh.

Some words I would like to see here:

clairvoyant, mystic, purple, envy, truth, spirit(uality), yoga, tome, book

Thanks!

--J</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;(Without the â€œyâ€, of course, beauty would just be booty.)&#8221;</p>
<p>Which, depending on hwo you look at it, could be quite attractive&#8230;that line of yours made me laugh.</p>
<p>Some words I would like to see here:</p>
<p>clairvoyant, mystic, purple, envy, truth, spirit(uality), yoga, tome, book</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>&#8211;J</p>
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