"Which word feels sadder: lonely or lonesome?" This question pops up on the KloudsKape, and my first thought is: How did they know? I'm in the middle of a downward spiral, almost crying as I choke down my lysine-dopamine smoothie and hunch over the teak bar at the Zyme Shack. As with all these questions, I don't even have to ponder before Ianswer with an eyeblink-it's lonesome, of course. Something about the way you have to purse your lips for a nonexistent kiss at the end of the word, the extra weight of that second syllable-the word lonesome is definitely more miserable. I should know.
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