Well, my friends, it’s pretty warm out, it’s sunny, and I think my act of frivolity for Friday is going to be a little self-care.
So I will leave my brain both unracked and unwracked* and not force a whole post of something or another.
BUT.
Let’s do the asterisk: I was checking my usage to be sure whether it was “racking” my brain or “wracking” my brain and interestingly both are acceptable but have different origins.
Why listen to me tell it when Merriam-Webster does it so well:
Some guides have expressed the opinion that since the verb rack comes from an instrument that stretches people (not in a fun way), this word should be used in settings which are related to strain, torture, and stress. And since wrack comes from a background of nautical destruction, this word should be used to indicate either wreckage (storm-wracked) or destruction (wrack and ruin). One problem with this is that oftentimes we find that not only will ordinary users of the language vary in terms of which variant they use, but usage guides will offer contradictory advice on these matters.
See checking your grammar is FUN.
Racked or wracked, whichever it may be, it’s been a week that could do more than a little of both to our minds and especially our souls.
So today, instead of handing you something frivolous–well something else frivolous–I challenge you to unearth a bit of frivolity in your own day. Share it with me if you like!
Or don’t if you don’t feel like it.
But we can have a little fun of our own making. In my case, diving into the rabbit hole of why a phrase is a phrase.
It’s almost always weird.
Anyway, have a great Friday and a wonderful weekend!
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