Humorous Letter O
A circle is round and has no end; at least that is what I was taught in girl scouts. They are not completely wrong, in the sense that a circle indeed has no particular endpoint, but I have come to realize that all things do come to an end, be it friendship or life itself. Despite the simplicity of the form of the letter O, it is, in fact, one of the most complex and self-contradicting letters. First and foremost, we could not live without O. O represents oxygen, the circle of life. Ironically, O is the fifteenth letter of the alphabet and the atomic mass of oxygen, before it is rounded up, is 15.9994. Although, it would be all too simple to sum up the meaning of O to something so broad, something taken for granted all too often. The letter
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The fact is, that the letter O is quite often sloppily written in haste, for which reason the letter is not as simple as we believe it to be. For a raindrop could create an O with more perfection, more care, than a human hand ever could, even though it may only last for a moment.
On the other hand, the letter may actually represent simplicity. Hearing someone say “Oh” is one of the simplest responses one can get, especially when delayed. O has come to represent not only simplicity, but also stupidity. The sound of it, when being dragged out, is the epitome of a delayed response, when one has finally come to a realization that they should have concluded long before. O also represents an answer used when one may not know what to say or holds their tongue. With that noted, why is it that O must represent such a boring, tedious response when it is anything but?
In contrast, the letter A has come to represent excitement and awe. Where O represents a late realization, “Ah” is, in a way, a more sophisticated response, one perhaps used when someone has come to a conclusion in his or her own clever way. “Ah” represents an exclamation chock-full of
The fact is, that the letter O is quite often sloppily written in haste, for which reason the letter is not as simple as we believe it to be. For a raindrop could create an O with more perfection, more care, than a human hand ever could, even though it may only last for a moment.
On the other hand, the letter may actually represent simplicity. Hearing someone say “Oh” is one of the simplest responses one can get, especially when delayed. O has come to represent not only simplicity, but also stupidity. The sound of it, when being dragged out, is the epitome of a delayed response, when one has finally come to a realization that they should have concluded long before. O also represents an answer used when one may not know what to say or holds their tongue. With that noted, why is it that O must represent such a boring, tedious response when it is anything but?
In contrast, the letter A has come to represent excitement and awe. Where O represents a late realization, “Ah” is, in a way, a more sophisticated response, one perhaps used when someone has come to a conclusion in his or her own clever way. “Ah” represents an exclamation chock-full of