Letter of the day..... A

Aaaaa-haaaa

Yes today's letter is..... (drum roll)....

A

Aaah what? I hear... yes the letter A

or

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Wiki had quite a bit to say about "A" but I'd rather just leave it at this...

Without "A" our (well those who use the Latin Alphabet) we wouldn't be able to start the journey through our alphabet, fancy starting with B?!

We'd also be a vowel short and some words would look really odd!

We can surprise someone, catch them out and shout "A-ha!"

We can look at a baby and say "Ahhh"

Or scream and say "AAaaaaaahhhh!"

and what would Mwaaaahhh be without the "A"?

A is the Alpha of the Alphabet (well if you're into your Nato phonetics at least)

Tomorrow is a new day, and maybe A nother letter?

Letter of the day... M

Today I'm going for

M

Or MMmmmmmmmmm if you're eating something tasty.

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M is not so interesting as O or N really.... Even Wiki doesn't have much to say about the trusty M. BUT, without it my middle name would be "arie" rather then "Marie" and I do like Marie so I for one am glad of the 'M'

Letter of the day... N

As I have a few "letters of the week" to catch up on I thought I'd do a few days of letter of the day to play catch-up!!!

So today's letter of the day;

N

And so thanks to Wiki....

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"N is the fourteenth letter in the basic modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English (pronounced /ˈɛn/) is spelled en.

N ,represents the dental or alveolar nasal in virtually all languages that use the Latin alphabet. A common digraph with is , which represents a velar nasal in a variety of languages, usually positioned word-finally in English. In languages like Italian and French, represents a palatal nasal (/ɲ/). The Portuguese spelling for this sound is . In English, n is silent when it is preceded by an m, in words like hymn (although it is pronounced in words such as damnation ). N is the second-most commonly used consonant in the English language (after T).

It also represents the element Nitrogen (Atomic number=7)"

N is also another version of nought, none, nada, and actually is just before "O" (see previous post) in the alphabet.

N also stands for "naughty" which my Dad's dog is quite often but not as bad as my cousins dog who eats socks!

Letter of the week; O

O

"O is the fifteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English (pronounced /ˈoʊ/) is spelled o; the plural is oes, though this is rare"

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O can be quite an excitable word with many emotions attached

- Oh.... oh dear! Oh My God... Oh No! Oh la la! Oh Oh ohhhhh!
- Oi!

You can also miss letters before the o and things still make sense... for example I'm going on 'oliday this Thursday (I AM in fact doing this, I'm going to Lanzarote for swim camp... and altogether now ... YEAH!)

Let's not forget it also represents Oxygen (which I will be requiring during swim camp no doubt)

... and also means zero, nothing, nought..... 0

We also use this as a symbol in modern day communications; to smile :0) or sadness )0;

So many uses..... even a pretty little pattern;

OoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoO

Letter of the week: R

R

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From Wikipedia;
"R is the eighteenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English (pronounced /ˈɑr/) is spelled ar;^[1] its name in Hiberno-English is or /ˈɔr/."

R is for;
Recuperation
Rehabilitation
Rest
Recovery

R - is a good word of the week this week! I've officially not exercised since Sunday 1700... have decided that is when day 1 of my physio induced rest started.... so that means I can go to club swim night Wednesday, yes?!

On another front - did I mention I cracked on the no-chocolate-October front. Yep, last Thursday I think it was .. I hang my head in shame .....

Letter of the week; I

I

I've decided to look into letters.... weekly... so don't worry.

Anyway - today sorry this weeks letter is "I"

It strikes me this can mean a lot on it's own, including being interpreted as the Roman numeral for ONE

So maybe this weeks letter is actually a number?

Hummmm

And here's some other versions of "I" for you - I knew you'd find this amazing too....

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