Showing posts with label D. Show all posts
Showing posts with label D. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

I is for Illustrations!

Our I winner: "Isn't it interesting imagining icy igloos indoors?" Ian inquired. Congrats to Brady!

I also have 3 new illustrations ready for the alphAmuse book. B, C, & D.

Remember, submit ideas for J sentences until Saturday.





Thursday, March 3, 2011

D winner

We had another tie for D, and random.org settled the debate. The winning D sentence is,

Dorothy's dreams don't disappoint: dilapidated dungeons, diaphanous dresses, dangerous dodos, dulcet drummers dying dramatically.

Congratulations, Brady!

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Vote for D

Which sentence should represent the letter D in the alphAmuse book?

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Decanting D


Dilute winter doldrums by dreaming decadent D sentences! First, some D data for you digest.

Origins: fish or door (1)
Greek: delta
Frequency: 10th most frequent letter in English (2)
"D" from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (1755): "Is a consonant nearly approaching in sound to T, but formed by a stronger appulse of the the tongue to the upper part of the mouth. The sound of D in English is uniform, and it is never mute." (3)