Monday, June 13, 2011

A word I like to say and spell



Sussurus:
A whispering or a rustling sound


Can you come up with a good sentence using sussurus? Here's one I read on the website wordsmith.org:

A sussurus of dismay rustled through the ranks of the Aboriginal leaders gathered there.

13 comments:

  1. What a lovely word.

    I'm in a funk today. Sigh. And my internet is down. And I wonder what is the point of it all.

    Thanks for listening.

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  2. The word in Spanish is susurro and actually it means speaking softly from the spirit. I love that word. Always have. It is filled with an air of mystery, as if hiding from all the noise making ones. For instance: For a moment she thought the sound of the water was actually the mermaids susurring in the breeze.

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  3. How about "sussuring in the breeze" instead?

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  4. No, but I can finish that sentence:
    "...when the white missionaries showed up with their Bibles."

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  5. "As she dug her toes into the warm sand, she heard the sussurus of the marsh grasses, dipping and waving in the salty air."

    "As she lay on her back on a rough wool blanket, peering at the bright summer sky, she heard the sussurus of cornstalks in the fields around her."

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  6. I like that word too. It reminds me of one of my favourite words when I was little, which turned out not to be a word but I still loved it, and still do.

    It was Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz.

    I also like the word chesterfield.

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  7. That is so funny! In Greek it means lots of noise and loud noise or we use it metaphorically when there was a big fuss about something. It wouldn't even cross my mind that in other languages it means whispering sound. Oh well, loud people loud words I guess :-)
    And to fulfill your request:
    "Egine megalo soussouro" (=A big soussouro happened) LOL

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  8. Seems like a word one would whisper...

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  9. In my yard..d.

    The sussurus of the breeze in the poplars echoes an ocean that cannot be heard.

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  10. It's "shushurime" in Albanian. Hey, aren't these examples of an onomatopoeia? I remember the word from a spelling bee (that I lost)!

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  11. I love your blog. I've never heard of this word before. I would think it was a type of dinosaur.

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  12. That word makes me happy too.

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