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WRAPPED = to wrap something up ("I wrapped the gift before I gave it to Jess for her birthday") RAPPED = to hit or smack - it mostly gets used to describe a figurative 'hitting' ( I got " rapped over the knuckles" by my Boss today )  RAPT = with wonderment and joy ("I am rapt with joy when I walk into the shops and see gluten free food")  The definitions have been added to this post on 10 October 2012 as a result of almost all people ending up on this post while searching for the correct spelling or usage of wrapped/rapped /rapt . "Wrapt" is a common misspelling of rapt , and is increasingly becoming used as an alternate spelling of wrapped. Neither are correct if you're an old fuddy duddy like me . It's wrapped , or rapt , depending on the context of your sentence.  Now - on with the original post -  I hope you will continue and read it , and enjoy it  - Steph  Australians talk a very unique brand of English -- locally...

There are the things that you don't really understand when you decide to migrate , and it's probably a good thing . If you did , you may never leave and go on your grand adventure. You know it will be hard . You tell yourself it's going to be tough, you prepare for the things you expect, like feeling homesick , and not knowing how anything works. There are a number of things I could write about , that most migration websites and migrant support groups don't really tell you. But for now , I'd like to share something that has been a tough spot for me , for the last week or so. You can't really prepare for what it feels like , when someone dies back home. There's grief.  And then there's migrant guilt-ridden grief.