What an interesting idea – that someone would have a favourite word! Words are useful, necessary, and sometimes annoying, but favourite? Adults know and use many words. Each word may be a necessity in its sentence but how exactly could anyone have a favourite?

I could say *Veronica or Chloe or Julian or, even, Lola, but I would know that it isn’t the word that is my favourite, it is the being, itself.

What about cake, cinnamon, Pinot Grigio or steak? Nope, it’s definitely not the words but the items. I have some words that are definitely not my faves – diet, run, fat, but again, it’s the things I dislike and not the words. And, in the case of these three words, it depends upon how you use them. If I say, “I have a very healthy diet,” the word is fine. It’s when someone says, “You’ll have to diet,” that it becomes less favoured.

I’ve been thinking about this prompt much of the day and still can’t envisage a favourite word! People who have a strong religious belief might have God or angel or heaven or Allah, Buddha, or, I suppose, Beelzebub (did I spell that right?),

I think what I’m going to do is quit writing this post and go read what others have said. See you next time!

*(My daughter’s name is not Veronica but she has asked that I use the name to hide the fact that her mother writes such weird stuff, from her students!)