As of 5 minutes ago, I finished the fully illustrated alphAmuse. It's a wonderful read.
You should be able to see the book by visiting the following link (message to my immediate family: do not click on the link if you want to maintain some element of surprise for your Christmas gift):
http://www5.snapfish.com/meijer/projectshareewelcome/l=3746267028/p=247131323835358375/g=3810361028/cobrandOid=1082272/COBRAND_NAME=meijer/otsc=SYE/otsi=SPBKlink/
If anyone is interested in ordering a copy of the book, I can get it between now and December 15 for $23. Just leave a comment or send me an email.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Results for X, Y, and Zonking Z
Winner for X was "Excepting exaggerated exuberant expressions, exceptional executives exhibit exemplary exhalation exercises" by Brady.
Y defaulted to "Yoga yetis yodel yearly" by Erin.
And now, finally, we are ready for Z! Submit Z sentences by Wednesday, December 7, using comments on this post.
Origins: ? (1)
Greek: zeda
Frequency: 26th most frequent letter in English (2)
"Z" from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (1755): "Is found in the Saxon alphabets, set down by Grammarians, but is read in no word originally Teutonick: its sound is uniformly that of an hard S." (3)
Y defaulted to "Yoga yetis yodel yearly" by Erin.
And now, finally, we are ready for Z! Submit Z sentences by Wednesday, December 7, using comments on this post.
Origins: ? (1)
Greek: zeda
Frequency: 26th most frequent letter in English (2)
"Z" from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (1755): "Is found in the Saxon alphabets, set down by Grammarians, but is read in no word originally Teutonick: its sound is uniformly that of an hard S." (3)
Sunday, November 27, 2011
W winner, X vote, Y submit
The winner for W was "Wondrous walruses wrestle wretched warthogs while wolverines watch" submitted by Glitner76. Don't forget to submit your Y sentence using the comment section on this link.
Now, vote for which sentence should represent X in alphAmuse. Remember, the rule for X was that either all the words had to start with "ex" or all had to end in "x".
Now, vote for which sentence should represent X in alphAmuse. Remember, the rule for X was that either all the words had to start with "ex" or all had to end in "x".
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Yammering Y
Submit Y sentences by Wednesday, November 23, using comments on this post.
Origins: ? (1)
Greek: upsilon
Frequency: 18th most frequent letter in English (2)
"Y" from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (1755): "At the beginning of words, is a consonant; at the end, and when it follows a consonant, is a vowel, and has the sound of i. It is used at the end of words, and whenever two i’s would come together; and in words derived from the Greek, to express the u. Y was much used by the Saxons, whence y is found for i in the old English writers." (3)
Origins: ? (1)
Greek: upsilon
Frequency: 18th most frequent letter in English (2)
"Y" from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (1755): "At the beginning of words, is a consonant; at the end, and when it follows a consonant, is a vowel, and has the sound of i. It is used at the end of words, and whenever two i’s would come together; and in words derived from the Greek, to express the u. Y was much used by the Saxons, whence y is found for i in the old English writers." (3)
Friday, November 11, 2011
Exonerating X
SPECIAL RULES:
Since we don't really have words that begin with X, for this round we will except sentence that follow either of the following rules. (Each sentence should follow only one rule; don't mix and match.)
Rule 1: All words begin with "ex" (excellent, exigency, exuberant)
OR
Rule 2: All words end with "x" (fax, six, flax)
Submit X sentences by Wednesday, November 16, using comments on this post.
Origins: ? (1)
Greek: ?
Frequency: 24th most frequent letter in English (2)
"X" from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (1755): "is a letter, which, though found in Saxon words, begins no word in the English language." (3)
Since we don't really have words that begin with X, for this round we will except sentence that follow either of the following rules. (Each sentence should follow only one rule; don't mix and match.)
Rule 1: All words begin with "ex" (excellent, exigency, exuberant)
OR
Rule 2: All words end with "x" (fax, six, flax)
Submit X sentences by Wednesday, November 16, using comments on this post.
Origins: ? (1)
Greek: ?
Frequency: 24th most frequent letter in English (2)
"X" from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (1755): "is a letter, which, though found in Saxon words, begins no word in the English language." (3)
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Results for V, Vote for W
The winner for V was "Vigilant Victorians vanquished villainous Velociraptors". I can't wait to craft construction paper cut outs of Victorians...
suggestions welcome.
Vote for the W sentence by Tuesday the 15th.
suggestions welcome.
Vote for the W sentence by Tuesday the 15th.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Wholloping W
Submit W sentences by Wednesday, November 9, using comments on this post.
Origins: ? (1)
Greek: none
Frequency: 15th most frequent letter in English (2)
"W" from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (1755): "Is a letter of which the form is not to be found in the alphabets of the learned languages; though it is not improbable that by our w is expressed the sound of the Roman v, and the Eolick f. Both the form and sound are excluded from the languages derived from the Latin." (3)
Origins: ? (1)
Greek: none
Frequency: 15th most frequent letter in English (2)
"W" from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (1755): "Is a letter of which the form is not to be found in the alphabets of the learned languages; though it is not improbable that by our w is expressed the sound of the Roman v, and the Eolick f. Both the form and sound are excluded from the languages derived from the Latin." (3)
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