I wish we could weigh words.
You can feel them when they come out of your mouth.
Some of them float, and migrate themselves upwards to hang out with the cobwebs.
Others sink, straight to the bottom of your existence, where you tread on them and grind them into the floorboards.
Difficult to classify particular words, cause it would be different for every person.
But consonants, for sure, are much heavier than vowels.
So whenever you speak, both the literal weight of the word, in terms consonants and vowels, and the psychological connotation unique to you, must be considered.
How much do you weigh now?
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why are consonants so much heavier? Is it because a lot of (English) words depend on vowels to give them meaning? Our language puts vowels on pedestals with few ways to pronounce the 'heavy' consonant-filled ones.
I find your post intriguing. I really like the way you write.
How much weight does a phrase lose when we slur it together?
Waddyathink, 21 oz?