http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com
Zebra, Zinger, Zaire,
Zipper, Zapped, Zany, Zither…these
are just a few of the Z-words
filtering through my head. But nothing spoke
to me. I wanted something to represent ze-end. But I didn’t want it to be a made up word like ze-end. I wanted a real word.
I thought about it before I went to sleep last night, and
when I awoke, I was still floundering.
Then, it hit me as I drove to work—I get hit by a lot a great ideas
while I drive to work.
Zulu. Not the
South African Tribe or the language—the International
Radio Communication code word for
the letter Z—the last letter of the
English alphabet. The only problem is: I don’t know anything about the International
Radio Communication Code, so how could I write about it?
I did what I always do when I need information, I Googled it
and found the formal name of the code is actually the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet; however, most
people know it as the NATO (North
Atlantic Treaty Organization) Phonetic
Alphabet. By the way, since I was
reading about codes, I found out the Morse Code equivalent of the letter Z is _ _ . . (dash dash dot dot).
If I had come up with zulu
as the inspiration for my last blog earlier,
I might have developed a code or a riddle for today—that would be kind of
fun…humm…maybe next year….
But this year, as the A
to Z Blogging Challenge ends, I’m in
a melancholy mood, so I leave you with my favorite poem format: the Haiku.
Z-day Haiku
zulu day arriveda to z blogging challenge
end is bitter sweet
End code Haiku
dash dash dot dot is
simply put ze end
This blog post is my final contribution to the A to Z Blogging Challenge 2015, in
which bloggers from around the world, representing every skill level and
interest, blog every Monday through Saturday during the month of April, using
successive letters of the alphabet as the daily inspiration. I look forward to participating again next year—hope
to see you then if not sooner!
Nice to meet you and thanks for stopping by! I like the idea of the Road Trip and plan to participate next year--hopefully it won't be as crazy at work as it was this year. I'll pop over and read some of your blog sometime this week. And congrats for surviving A to Z AND the Road Trip!
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