What happens to the word Morning if you add "u" to it ?

Well, the words : morning and mourning have different spellings but they sound the same.Check their pronunciations watching the video or clicking on http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/mourning.

Their meanings are totally different though.

This greeting : "Good morning ! " is learned by foreign learners as soon as they start learning English,isn't it ? On the other hand,the verb : to mourn or the noun :  mourning are not known so soon.

  http://learnersdictionary.com/definition/mourning

Dictionaries describe mourning as the process or ceremony of expressing great sadness because someone has died.National Mourning is not unusual to see when a favorite artist,writer or political leader dies,is it ? Why do we  mourn celebrities' deaths ?

If you click on the link below , you are going to read what Deborah Carr  from Psychology Today wrote about mourning.Ms.Carr pointed out three reasons why we mourn celebrities' deaths.

 https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/bouncing-back/201601/3-reasons-we-mourn-celebrity-deaths

Have you ever had a spell of sadness or emptiness when your favorite singer,actor or writer died out of the blue ? Do you remember what you were doing when their sudden deaths happened ? Have you ever worn black clothes to show everyone you were going through a short-term of mourning ? 

After reading and thinking about mourning ,choose one of the quotes below to talk about it or write a few words about your choice at the bottom of this post,ok ?