“Cellar door” is the most beautiful phrase in the English language, per a pop linguistic axiom that’s been repeated by C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkein, and Drew Barrymore in Donnie Darko. “Cellar door” sounds nice enough, but for me, hearing Guy Fieri say Las Vegas—”Las Veggis,” he purrs—is about as melodious as language gets. There are other phrases that I …
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