On Wed, 3 Jul 2019 at 13:36, Lieven L. Litaer <levinius@gmx.de> wrote:
Am 03.07.2019 um 13:32 schrieb De'vID:
But a king and an emperor are actually different things. The reason "king" sounds less important than "emperor" is because it is.
I know that. As I wrote, this was just my personal feeling, and it's only based on the sound.
Oh, when you wrote "sounds less important" you *literally* meant "*sounds* less important".
I only said that it feels to me that a three syllbale word sounds more important than a one syllable word.
Okay, my "boss" would tell the "ja-ni-tor" a different story! *haha*
I guess that, to someone who doesn't know their meaning, "Lieutenant Commander" might *sound* a lot more impressive than "Captain". Obviously there are many counterexamples to "the more syllables the better". Fortunately, all nine ranks of officers in Klingon are monosyllabic. -- De'vID