“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,”

Why does Z stand for snoring

“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

http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/