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Cellar door (aesthetically pleasing phrase) (en.wikipedia.org)

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Considered by many to be a highly euphonic phrase.

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[–] whithom@discuss.online 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Overhyped nonsense.

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Taste is subjective, but even so, the history of so many people singling out this phrase as beautiful is itself interesting

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Not at all.

It works against humanity that a word like "empathy", something core to anything ever being being good, has this off-putting, saccharine, "being covered in syrup" feel to it. Good to know because often it'll make you pick a synonym, or a whole substitute phrase, that doesn't have as much ick to it.