Assignment 15- Kaylyn Torkelson

2. What is your favorite word and why?

For the longest time, my favorite word was Susquehanna. It's the name of a river in the northeast, around the Pennsylvania area. (And also a bank and a town, as well.) The only real reason I liked the word so much was because it sounded pretty. The word Susquehanna makes me think of honey, something golden and sweet, or maybe a summer day when the temperature is perfect. The sun is
warms your face just enough, so you're not all sticky and sweaty, but you can still feel it. Susquehanna sounds like perfection. Unfortunately, I've seen the Susquehanna River. And it's not perfection. It's just a river, and a boring one at that. It's not even slightly pretty. My disappointment was overwhelming. But I still like the word. Even if it is just another dumb old river, it doesn't sound like it. Susquehanna sounds much more beautiful, and that ability to appear as something you're not is wonderful to me. I envy Susquehanna for its mysterious qualities. And that's why it's my favorite word.