X is for the Letter X

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The letter X was/is a difficult assignment! What words start with the letter X? There are a lot of words that start with the X sound but not very many words and they are sooo boring! However, having said that, I did visit a blog that wrote about the Xerox machine! It was most interesting and brought back some not so good memories of the mimeograph machine and carbon paper:( I started having flash backs as I was reading her post. You can read Inger's post at Desert Canyon Living. #1 Nana wrote about X Marks the Spot! And Susan at Garden of Eden Blog wrote about Xenophobia.

I am just writing about the letter X! When I was looking in the dictionary I was intrigued by the fact that X is both a noun and a verb! I knew about the noun part but X as a verb--really???

X as a noun...

• The 24th letter of the English alphabet. X is a consonant.
• Used in mathmatis for showing a number whose value you do not know.
• The Roman numeral for 10.
• Used instead of saying the name of a person or place when you do not know it, or when you are using them as an example.
• Informal--A symbol used for writing a kiss, usually at the end of a letter.
• X was used in the past for saying that a film was not suitable for people under the age of 18 (or in my case EVER!)

--Macmillan Online Dictionary

X as a verb...

Mark or make a sign with an X

• Overwrite or obliterate with an X or a series of X's
• Make void or annul; invalidate: we're all X-ing things out of our curricula

--New Oxford American Dictionary

Whew! That's it for the letter X! Two more letters to go in the A to Z Blog Challenge! It looks like I am really going to make it! When this is all over I promise to have some cards to show! Maybe even a whole week of them:) 

Have a great day and I will be back in a little bit for the Sunday Night Chit-Chat!

Kat

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