Watermelons and Silent T’s

Well, mercy!

My brain sometimes is a crazy thing – especially when I have played Word Wipe. I continue to do these idiot word puzzles in my head until I nearly pull my hair out!

Which leads me to last night’s events. After taking enough melatonin and other nighttime medicines to choke a horse, I lay in bed with Word Wipe dancing unwelcome through my brain. I began to think of other words, and the word FASTEN came to me as an exasperating word. What aggravated me was the silent ‘t’. Though I have heard some people pronounce the word SWORD with the ‘w’ aloud instead of silent, I have never heard a person say FASTEN with the ‘t’ being heard. Which lead me to think of other silent ‘t’ words, which lead to silent ‘p’, which lead to silent ‘k’.

That totally worthwhile endeavor lead me to think of the comedian, Gallagher. His hysterical, thought provoking analysis of the English language was mixed with his slap stick humor which made good fun. If you want a good laugh, take time to watch some videos of him on You Tube. If you want to stay up half the night with worthless things running through your head, think on silent ‘gh’ sounds.

But I guess that’s better than worrying.

Blessings

KB

In peace I will lie down and sleep, for You alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety. Psalm 4:8

The picture above was online. I am not sure who owns the copyright, but I hope I don’t get in trouble for using it. Considering the low readership of my blogs, I doubt if I am in danger. Unless I start to think on the word DOUBT. Therein lies a problem!