If you ever see an M
Followed by an A well then
What you're seeing is an abbreviation,
One that you might like to use
When writing, should you ever choose,
Depending on the context and occasion.
So if you're wanting to convey
Master of Arts then write MA
To convey "magister artium",
For it's easier to say
And quickly understood that way
At least more so than Medieval Latin!
Or perhaps you want to state
That place in the United States,
Massachusetts, found in the North East
Abbreviate the State and say
Simply M followed by A
And your fear of spelling it wrong will decrease!
Perhaps you're writing on your page
About somebody's mental age
Just write M and then an A again,
And if their mental age is less
Than what you thought then they won't guess
What you're saying about them with your pen!
Or perhaps your writing pages
All about the Middle Ages
You can shorten those words down as well
To M and, yep you guessed it, A
Which is another way to say
"Middle Ages" but there's more to tell...
Along the line of "ages",
And words to put on pages,
It would pay for everyone to know
That if you see an M and A
The writer might be trying to say
Something about a Million Years Ago!
But if you get an M and then
A little "a" well then my friend
That is a word sweeter than any one
For the word it makes is Ma
The nicest word there is by far
Another designation for your Mum!
By Kerin Gedge
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