I have to be honest.
If anyone has been following my website for a while, you might have noticed that I always call these little writings of mine as “webposts.” And, yes, I do see the little red squiggly line saying it’s not word every time I type it out. I recently did a webpost following a writing prompt of “Why do you blog?” and not once did I use the word blog in that post. Why?
I don’t like that word.
I don’t like the word “blog” it sounds like bog. Bogs are squishy and muddy and spongey wetlands with a lot of peat–decayed plant matter. They’re not one of the most desirable parts of nature.
I don’t even like the sound of “blog.” It sounds like the name of some little goblin with warts on his nose, he talks in a deep voice, and wants to steal your cookies.
To be fair, I’m also not the biggest fan of the letter “B.” It’s not my least favorite letter, but there’s just something about it that isn’t appealing. Maybe it’s because there’s a lot of words I don’t care for that start with “B.”
Bug
Butt
But
Blog
Bog
Because (I struggled with spelling this word in elementary school)
Bitter
Broccoli
There are a lot of good words that start with the letter “B,” but it still ranks low on the favorite letter list. As for “blog” it still feels like a gross word to me. It’s like the people who can’t stand the word “moist.” I can’t stand “blog.” So, that’s the reason I always write “webpost” instead of “blogpost” or I write “website” instead of “blog.” I don’t know if I’ll ever make friends with that goblin of a word.
What about you? What are the words that you can’t stand? What is your least favorite letter? Have you ever thought about it? Maybe now is a good time to take a mental break to think about i? Feel free to comment what word or letter you can’t stand. Maybe someone else out there thinks the same?
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