A-to-Z Challenge Theme Reveal

It’s almost here! Just over a week away now! And here’s my Theme Reveal post, which is why I’m posting a day early.

 

Come on. You know what I’m doing. It’s the same thing I did last year, and the year before that. It’s the same thing I do every Thursday pretty much without exception.

I love etymology. I think it’s fun and weird and interesting. The most bizarre words are related—black and bleach come from the same place, but ass (butt) and ass (donkey) do not. What the frigging HELL.

And that’s only the tip of the iceberg of bizarre things that are true about the words we say. So yes, I’m doing it again, and I can only assume I’ll do it again next year and the year after that and the year after that. Because it’s cool and there are plenty of subjects to analyze and also I don’t have to come up with any other post ideas for a month.

There you have it. Are you doing a theme for the Challenge this year? Are you doing the Challenge at all? What else do you have planned for April?

A-to-Z Challenge Theme Reveal

Posting a day early, of course, because today is the big theme reveal for the Challenge.

Come on. As if you didn’t know what I’m doing.

It’s etymology. Of course it’s etymology. What else would it be? I love my etymology days because words are so weird and fascinating (ooh, weird and fascinating will make good words to etymologize), but there are tons of words that really aren’t long enough to warrant a post of their own. And while sometimes I’m able to find a reason to post a bunch of them together, like the prepositions post from last week (and this week) and the post from a few weeks before when I did synonyms for smart, sometimes I really can’t think of a good uniting force.

Which is where the Challenge comes in. It’s perfect. One word a day, short posts, a variety of subjects. And it all begins a week from Wednesday.

So if you’re not doing the Challenge, prepare for some extra posts, and if you are doing the Challenge, boy, are we going to be busy.

Happy April!