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This Year’s A to Z April Blog Challenge is indeed a great challenge to me!!!
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| A to Z Blog Challenge |
You may ask, “Why?
Right,
That’s indeed a good question!
To begin with, I must confess that the challenge last year was really not a success for me.
You may ask again, “Why?
Ok, due to some unforeseen travel towards my native land I could not reach the finish line and midway it ended.
But this year’s challenge I am sure that I will reach the finish line.
As enough time is available in advance to prepare the post as well as to visit the fellow bloggers, I started browsing more and more blogs mainly connected with this challenge. Since I am now on board with the Co-host Tina Downey’s Life is Good, that is Tina’s Terrific Team (TTT). I mean the new assignments at T T T I am prompted to visit more and more pages at A to Z Blog pages.
As I was thinking of this year’s alphabet many things flashed in my mind, but browsing through many posts and comments from A to Z Challenge I have noticed one particular thing which I wanted to make known to my fellow bloggers and friends.
Let me come to the point where I want to write on:
The A – Z challenge’s first word “A”, I thought I will write about the word “Awesome”.
The A – Z challenge’s first word “A”, I thought I will write about the word “Awesome”.
There is a reason to select this word as my first post.
I have noticed many of my beloved friends here at this great web world very liberally use this word “Awesome” for anything and everything, to appreciate some posts or writers or some wonderful or marvelous things happening around us. This liberal usage of the word I noticed in many posts even at A to Z Posts and comments I thought I need not wait for April first and thus this post today.
As many of you know that I am a foreigner to this wonderful language called English. And ha, my mother tongue is Malayalam a South Indian language. Though I am not an English expert, a doubt raised in my mind:
Can we use this wonderful word“Awesome”with anything and everything?
As far as I know and my understanding goes:
This word can only be used with the ‘Word of God’ and the ‘God Almighty’.
This is my belief. I am sure a few may get offended, so will you please respond to my doubt and give me some light on this.
Thanks in advance for dropping in.
With Kind Regards
And Best Wishes for a Happy Blogging.
Philip Ariel
A Freelance writer from Secunderabad India
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Hi Phil,
As we discussed, I think it’s a cultural difference in what kind of English we speak. I will certainly respect your wishes and avoid the word when communicating with you. I do understand your concern, but with me it’s a different word: glorious. My husband believes that word should only be used in reference (and reVerence) to our Mighty God.
Let’s just call it cultural differences, while also trying to respect the other persons right to their own beliefs.
Thanks for being on my Terrific Team, Phil. You’re a huge asset to us.
Tina @ Life is Good
Co-host, April 2013 A-Z Challenge Blog
@TinaLifeisGood, #atozchallenge
Different cultures derive different meaning for different words. For me Awesome = Excellent. :) But I do respect your beliefs.