“A” started the day
with “Anything Goes”
“Z” brings the challenge to a close
Posting 6 days a week was a chore
If by chance you found it a bore
give me some credit please
for helping you catch some zzzzzz’s
“ZZZzzzzzzzzZZZZZZzzzzz”
English speakers equate sleep with zzzzzzzz, more specifically snoring. The British call sleeping “Catching some zeds.”
If I had earlier researched how languages represent “sleeping” I could have used this topic for 5 other letters of the alphabet:
- “C” – Germans use “chrrr,” which considering the typical German pronunciations of ch and r—is closer to snoring than “zzz.”
- “R” – The French, who also favor a sonically rich r, use “rrroooo,” “rrr,” “roon,” “ron,” and so on. The Spanish similiarly use “rooooon.”
- “G” – The Japanese use characters that transliterate as “guu guu,”
- “M” – Mandarin Chinese use characters sounding like “hu lu.”
- “K” – Finns use “kroohpyyh,”
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“A” is for Annoying sounds
Chrrr, rrooooo, ZZZZ, guu guu, hu lu, kroohpyyh,
and so ends the A to Z Alphabet Challenge
It’s been a snoooooozzzzzzzzzzzzz
Congrats on finishing the challenge, I hope you caught your well deserved Z’s.
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Mike,
I’m still ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzING
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But A to Z is just the beginning. Inquiring Minds wants more.
Oh, you’re asleep. OK. I’ll be back.
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Of course! Ending on a snore though this alphabetical journey has been eye-opening and fun! I’ll go back and read the earlier parts of your A – Z posts that I missed.
It’s nearly 11 PM and I intend to go make some ZZZZZ’s of my own. Thanks for the fun, Judy.
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With apologies to Looney Tunes “….ZZZZZZ- Zat’s all folks” . Thank you for a very fun journey through the alphabet.
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Rick,
My highest compliment: “ZZZZZ-Zat’s all folks” WISH I HAD THOUGHT OF ZAT!
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