Show the most expressive word at a recent meeting ot of savants and others with pretensions to authority in a matter or of language a discussion arose as to the most expressive word in english while admitting that the field was a wide ono one and that decision could only rest upon the very general beneral grounds the participants took great interest in tile the question lind and many suggestions were made it was observed that the tendency was waa to name words such as buzz crack rattle snap and thud prom these the list took on f subtler cast and the word honor found several supporters other expressions f pres ress lons of moods or sentiments as lonely dreary mournful and blithesome met with favor when the matter was at a standstill one of those present advanced the word no with a strong plea for its acceptance as the most expressive 14 word it was unanimously agreed t that hat f ano no was tile the answer not particularly because it was a striking example of onomatopoeia but because it most completely quickly and definitely conveyed unmistakable idea |