went looking deep in my drafts for my list of favorite french words to pronounce to see if facétieuse was on there and 1) it wasn't, so i had the pleasure of adding it to the list, and 2) i then read one of the words at random and said, aloud, "oh my god" and had to immediately read the rest of the list out loud. insane mouthfeel. i should memorize the list and say it to myself when i get sad. anyway in case you're curious here's the list which i have sort of sorted into categories but don't think about it too hard because several words fit into multiple categories and also i probably missed some possible subgroupings. happy pronouncing~
words that are fun because of repeated vowels
bonbon, ensemencement, manquement
cocotte
cumulus, pulluler
raplapla
tout fou (two words but one entry in the dictionary)
volcanologie
words that are especially fun for me personally because i can't tell the difference between two vowels
[ɔ̃] and [ɑ̃]: bombance, compensation, consciencieusement, contentement
[ɔ] and [o]: autochtone, octogonaux, rococo, saucissonner
words that are fun because of repeated consonants
sibilants: facétieuse, jaugeage, thésauriseuse
glides and nasals: millionième, napoléonienne
sibilants, glides, and nasal vowels: association, cessation, expiation, fascination, filialisation, glaciation, initiation, prononciation, scintillation, sensation, sentencieusement, vacillation
quelconque
traîtresse
words that are fun because they're the same thing twice with the last vowel changed
clopin-clopant
prêchi-prêcha
words that are fun because i love the symmetry of [eifje]
déifier
dragéifier
gazéifier
words that are fun because i really like combos of [ik] or [ki] with optional friends [l] and/or [t]
antiquité
antithétique
cliquetis
coquelicot
enquiquiner
équilibre
étiqueter
héroïcomique
kif-kif
mastication
pique-nique
quiconque
quiproquo
rhythmique
stoïque
ticket
words that are fun because [j] a syllable or two after [ɲ] fucks severely
champignonnière
désignation
ignominieux
indignation
words that are fun because they're long with a string of alternating vowels and consonants that trips off the tongue
antipathie
authenticité
habitabilité
hétérogénéité
infériorité
parallélépipède
territorialité
tous azimuts
words that start with fun [p] consonant clusters
pneu
psittacidés
psychédélique
psychique
words that just have a certain je ne sais quoi
architecture
au-delà
baby-foot
gentilhommière
houppe
loufoque
luxation
mnémonique
multimédia
préalablement
qualifier
rouflaquettes
saperlipopette
scout
schlinguer
tacheter
thérapeutique
trouillomètre
vrombir
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