Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Solving S

Submit S sentences by Wednesday, July 27, using comments on this post.

Origins: teeth? (1)
Greek: Sigma
Frequency: 7th most frequent letter in English (2)
"S" from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (1755): "Has in English the same hissing sound as in other languages, and unhappily prevails in so many of our words that it produces in the ear of a foreigner a continued sibilation." (3)

2 comments:

Brady said...

Sometimes Samuel silently stashes subtly silly stickers somewhere secret.

Sherry said...

Stewart suggested sneaking snacks surreptitiously, so Silvester silently stole some sausages