Current mood: relaxed
I semi-recently decided I would attempt to construct a sentence where each successive word in the sentence began with each successive letter of the English alphabet. I am only somewhat handy with the English language and set some rules for myself for this little exercise, in attempt to stretch my thinking and have a greater challenge, hopefully improving myself in the process.
Rule #1: Avoid consulting any form of word reference for ideas or help. - This rule was eclipsed when I wanted to avoid stepping on Rule #2 and could not think of any X words which filled that particular function of the sentence structure properly.
Rule #2: Don't use the easy X words like xylophone or x-ray(not really a word anyway) even if it can fit easily into the sentence.
Rule #3: Try to make it grammatically reasonable. - I am decent enough at grammar to be dissatisfied with something that sounds clunky and annoying. English majors would eat my sentence up with red-ink soaked teeth but I am shooting for the spirit of the exercise, not the letter(pun intended). (I love puns by the way... even bad ones... which, contrary to the disdain of popular culture, is not the case of every pun... be realistic, if you laugh it's funny)(Sorry about the excessive use of parenthesis)(Should I have used a footnote in this case? Someone please tell me if they know)
Rule #4: It does not necessarily have to make logical sense but if it can be poetic or meaningful that would be a plus.
So enough of the rules. Here is my third or fourth draft... a work in progress.
Any
Boy
Can
Do
Everything
For
Girls
Hearts,
If
Just
Knowing
Love
Means
Never
Overanalyzing
Past
Quarels,
Realizing
Silently
The
Underlying
View
Within
Xanthone
Yellow
Zealousness
I am not even sure if I put the commas in the right place, I did not previously know what xanthone meant, but altogether I think it turned out alright. It can always improve, though, so any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
*BLOG BONUS SECTION*
Some of you are aware I do this kind of thing for fun once in a while and I will award "Coolness Points" to whomever is able to construct correctly the most words consecutively in the last personal assignment I made for myself. It was the one where I constructed the longest two-letter word sentence I could come up with. I never did finish that exercise since I was not able to properly end the sentence once I got past the 12 word mark. My computer that had the file with my progress crashed, taking with it many precious files, but I can still remember the first 12 words. That particular exercise also had several specific rules which I can send to anybody interested in giving it a whirl. Fun stuff to do if you have a boring job or happen to be easily distracted by your own thoughts regularly. Focus is like a precious commodity sometimes.
So have fun all. A weekend you have not yet experienced is approaching quickly and I bet it will be chock-full of splendidness and mirth. Who says mirth is a holiday-only experience?!
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