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.

Vote for S & T, plus R winner

The winner for R is "Rotund raccoons routinely raid restaurant rubbish" submitted by Erin.

And now, vote for S & T. Poll closes Saturday night.

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


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

Last call for S

S officially closes tonight, but since I'm late getting out the reminder, you've got until tomorrow (Thursday) night to submit your S sentences. Go to this post and comment: http://alpha-musing.blogspot.com/2011/07/solving-s.html

Also, T is officially open. http://alpha-musing.blogspot.com/2011/07/torturing-t.html

Solving S

Submit S sentences by Wednesday, July 27, using comments on this post.

Origins: teeth? (1)
Greek: Sigma
Frequency: 7th most frequent letter in English (2)
"S" from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (1755): "Has in English the same hissing sound as in other languages, and unhappily prevails in so many of our words that it produces in the ear of a foreigner a continued sibilation." (3)