“So I was naming off words and names that start with the letter D. To use the letter, the list looks rather dismal.”
The writer’s friend asks, “How so?”
She grimly smiles, “Well, the letter D starts a lot of undo words with de-, like decommissioning, deconstruct. Of course you still have destroy, detonate, destruct, and demolish, but those aren’t compounded like deconstruct which is the undo of a construction. And then there are the dis- words like dislike, disengage, disembowel, and disembodied.”
“Wow... Never thought of it like that.”
“There’s more. Divorce, drab, death, dead, dying, disaster, dim, dumb, dunce, diminish, division, dull, dreary, dung, drugs...”
“There’s got to be some good words with the letter D. Like dog.”
The writer shakes her head, “Diminutive dogs, also known as puppies or tea-cup dogs sure but I don’t like most dogs. Too loud.”
“What words for food with D?”
“I thought of donuts and dates....”
The writer’s friend chuckles, “Seriously, that’s it?”
She nods.
“What about donuts? Or dragons? Or diamonds? Or DVDs?”
The writer blanches, “Not to eat! The dragons will be mad if you try to eat them!!”
“But there are some redeeming words for the letter D.”
“Yeah... But not by much. Dragons really help it!”
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