What barren D?
Sorry. Mike Cakora just distracted me (in commenting on a recent post) by saying the letters in my name could be rearranged to say either "when drab art" or "brawn hatred."
He signed off, "I make a rock."
Har-de-har.
I had never explored those possibilities. I am more than aware, however, of the various ways Microsoft Word wants to spell "Warthen." There’s "War then," which is actually how it’s pronounced. Then we have:
Wart hen
Earthen (which has a reassuring solidity to it)
Wathena
Warden
Writhen
And the ever-popular "Wart hog."
The last may be my favorite, as I’ve always thought the A-10 was a fine aircraft. The Air Force hates it, but it provides fearsome ground support, and they’re almost impossible to shoot down.
The spell-checker on Netscape e-mail adds "Wrath" to the list. That’s pretty cool.
Unimaginatively, Outlook adds "War" and "Wart" (like young Arthur in The Once and Future King).
Typepad, the fanciful and perpetually irritating software I’m using at the moment, comes up with:
Warren
Marthena
Within
Weather
Athena
Athene
Heathen
Wrathing
Then
Warn
Waylen
Wharton (very popular with humans who misspell it)
Worth
Withe
Withing
Waken
Whether
Worthier
Farthing
Northern
Worthies
Warner
Worthy
Wither
Wooten
Worden
Whiten
Withed
Withes
Worsen
Whither
"Northern!" Prepare to defend yourself, suh!
And why Waylen, but not Waylon?
And what’s a Wathena?
Meanwhile, for "Cakora" we have:
Capra (love your movies, man!)
Cara
Cora
Kora ("Kora Kora Kora")
Caria
Clara
Camera
Caro
Kara
Okra (my favorite vegetable)
Kira
Korea
Cake
Cobra (That’s bad, Mike. As in "good." Like "phat.")
Cairo
Accra
CARE
Care
Cari
Carr
Cori
Cork (faith and begorra)
Cory
Kore
Kori
Kory
Coca (so that‘s where he gets the energy to write like that)
Core
Corr
Cookery
And now, ladies and gentlemen, we’ll go over and take a look at the view from our…
Okra Ike Cam.
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When I was young, I went by the full name, “Bradley.”
So it was that when I was a high school wrestler, everyone who saw me coming would say, “Brawny lad there.”
Did they begin all your wrestling matches with the command, “Ready? Then brawl!”
I hope the coach wasn’t thinking “brawn dearth”.