Sunday, September 25, 2011

Vote for U

Vote for U by Thursday, Sept 29.

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)

Sunday, September 4, 2011

winners for S & T

The winning S sentence was "Stewart suggested sneaking snacks surreptitiously, so Silvester silently stole some sausages" by Sherry.

The the winner for T: "Trying to talk to turkeys takes tenacity" by Erin.