Category Archives: Reflections

A-Z Challenge: Y is for Your, You’re, and Yore

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Raymond Alexander Kukkee
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In days of yore:   1820-Country-Wedding  by  John-Lewis-Krimmel  (1786-1821)
  Y is for Your, You're, and Yore too.  In days long gone, days of yore that would be, it may be recorded that  the English language was much admired for it's trickery and common-sounding words now known as homophones. Perhaps they came with a wink or  a wee  inclusion of the Irish, Scot, or Welsh. Today one might be more tempted to use the dialect version of 'your'   being   ' 'yer'   --as in  "up 'yer kilt".   Go figure. 'Tis why the language is beautiful, is it not?" Unlike in the days of yore,   your improper selection of the correct synonym or  homophone could result in revelations of illiteracy in the upper class,  or at the very least, might  earn one  poor grades in  middle school accompanied by  a dunce cap and  immediate and stern admonishments from buttoned, top-hatted and  bespectacled teachers of English.  All of that for poor writing skills. Your mind image here might be Scroogified, at best. Today most people do not bother;  we are are displeased only if such perturbing defects  bother one's  sense of grammar, wizzardly protocol or self-entertainment with faded memories of an arcane language once perfected.   Should you always write what you think is right, and pay no attention otherwise to other purveyors of chicken-track scribbles?  Hm...that reminds me. See what good comes out of yore? Perhaps you're one of the contented and secret,  quill-yielding, literate lunatics  fascinating old geezers people that delight in,    twisttittiling the twistification  of wordlings and wordettes  words to salsify your own  wintickling wonderful but  whackified weird sense of parsnipperies   particularities in prose,  adding spice to life, and creating bad habits  which you shall  wear to the gravy.  Habitually?  Off to the nunnery with you, we laugh raucously. 'Tis  in black and white habits are written. Do you have any favourite homophones?   Ready or not, you're on the right track.  Get used to it, Jack.   Be unique.  Your secret will be safe with me, just like in times of yore.   That's why  'Y' is for 'Your, You're and Yore.   Is that Incoming I hear? photo credit:   Wikimedia commons +
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A-Z Challenge: W is for Women

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Raymond Alexander Kukkee
©2013 by Raymond Alexander Kukkee [caption id="attachment_1396" align="aligncenter" width="700"]Mona Lisa in Detail Mona Lisa in Detail    (Louvre)[/caption] Why is W is for Women? Women are unique human beings.  Unusual women are everywhere,  every one is different;  debutante, delightful,  the ordinary,  extraordinary, contrary or exceptional.           It takes all kinds and all descriptions; tall ones, short ones,  redhead, blonde, brunette &  brown, plain,  cute, beautiful, smart, vibrant,  dumb, clever, witty, eye-candy, busty, small-breasted, elegant,  gold-digger, whacko,  dowdy, lazy, hard-working, fast, slow,  -girlfriend, wife,  mother,  grandmother, aunt, daughter, girl-next-door. She may be a   friend,  gay,   lively,  loser,  lover. She may be skinny, pleasantly plump, chubby  and well-toned, big and small, a valley girl, actress,  athletic and/or a lunatic, insane,  a talker, crier,  princess, duchess, dancer, ballet prancer, waitress, teacher, or opera singer when  musical laughter peals from  painted lips as the fat lady sings. Women can be delightful, annoying or diligent.  Cheaters, faithful,  genuine, artificial, painted deceivers. Sloppy. Neat. Irritating.   They may be  Great cooks, homemakers. Substitute secretary, CEO, pot-burner, gardener,  smiling, gentle baker  with great buns. She may be illiterate,  educated, compelling, personable, and  intelligent. Descriptions of all kinds keep coming;  devil, angel,  sneering,  snotty, gullible, sultry,   sexy, nice, a hottie,  silly, soulful  housekeeper,  granny grey,  maid or mom, Queen, mother, missus, Mrs., Ms. and madame. She may be a fine lawyer,  farmer,  tailor, hairdresser, hooker, companion, date,  shapely, writer or artist.  She can be exciting, arrogant, humble, dim or dull, drab, dreary,  or even in drag  do-nothing dazzler,  wear-nothing, sunburned naked nudist, bikini clad, lady, catwoman, superwoman,  teacher or  flower-girl flautist. Don't forget to check out those  bad-ass biker-babes, cello-players, genius gardening zeitgeists,  and the rhythms and rhymes of giant-hearted prose creators, gnomes and Victorian poets.  Moaning Mona and the Mona Lisa....There sure are a lot of women.... 'Ya gotta  love'em all. Women--it takes all kinds, and they're wonderful, that's why W is for Women. Is that Incoming I hear? +
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