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Word of the Week #4: Sonority

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    so·nor·i·ty
    /səˈnôritē/
    noun
    the quality or fact of being sonorous.
    • PHONETICS
    the relative loudness of a speech sound.
    so·no·rous
    /sänərəs/
    adjective
    - (of a person's voice or other sound) imposingly deep and full.
    capable of producing a deep or ringing sound.
    - (of a speech or style) using imposing language.​

    What is the thing you most associate with these words? Someone's voice? A particular audio track or memory? A certain place?
    If you had to start using these words more often, would they simply replace some of your vocabulary? Or would they cause you to discuss sound more often than you do?
     
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