https://lauralisscott.com/tags/letter-a/ Recent content in letter A on Laura Lis Scott https://lauralisscott.com/images/lls_icon.png https://lauralisscott.com/images/lls_icon.png Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Tue, 01 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://lauralisscott.com/blog/2014-04-01-a-is-for-a/ Tue, 01 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://lauralisscott.com/blog/2014-04-01-a-is-for-a/ A is a word, too. Pity a. A gets no respect. A gets taken for granted. A gets trotted out and used—and often misused—by writers every day, without any thought or consideration. Can you search for a on most websites? No. A, for all its graceful brevity, is deemed unworthy—too short to index. A does not even seem to merit clarity on preferred pronunciation; and when you consider that one way is to pronounce it as “uh,” you begin to realize the cavalier disrespect society has for this first among all words.