Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Torturing T

Submit T sentences by Wednesday, August 3, using comments on this post.

Origins: ? (1)
Greek: Tau
Frequency: 2nd most frequent letter in English (2)
"T" from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (1755): "A consonant, which, at the beginning and end of words, has always the same sound nearly approaching to the d; but before an i, when followed by a vowel, has the sound of an obscure s: as, nation, salvation, except when s precedes t: as, Christian, question." (3)

3 comments:

Sherry said...

Trying to treat Teresa's triskaidekaphobia thoroughly, Trevor thoughtfully took twelve tangerines.

GMan said...

ten talking turtles try to topple toast towers ten times

Erin Gong said...

Trying to talk to turkeys takes tenacity.