Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Unveiling U

Clearly, getting behind in other areas of life.

Without further ado, submit U sentences by Tuesday, September 20, using comments on this post.

Origins: ? (1)
Greek: none
Frequency: 13th most frequent letter in English (2)
"U" from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (1755): "U, the vowel, has two sounds; one clear, expressed at other times by eu, as obtuse; the other close, and approaching to the Italian u, or English oo, as obtund." (3)

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Urgently using unusual utterances to undermine the unique Unicorn is an unforgettable umbrage.

-Marc

Erin Gong said...

Thanks for the contribution Marc! The official rules are that no words starting with anything other than the letter at hand can be used, so I made a few changes to your sentence. Feel free to edit!

"Urgently using unusual utterances undermines unique Unicorn undulations."

Erin Gong said...

Ultrasonic ukuleles underimpress users.

Erin Gong said...

Unruly, ubiquitous unicyclists unlock unknown ulcers.

Anonymous said...

Ooops! Sorry about that!