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.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
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)
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Vote for V
Vote for the best sentence to represent V in the alphAmuse book. Poll closes Monday night.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Vociforating V (& U results)
Winner for U was "Ultrasonic ukuleles underimpress users" submitted by Erin.
Submit V sentences by Wednesday, October 26, using comments on this post.
Origins: ? (1)
Greek: none
Frequency: 21st most frequent letter in English (2)
"V" from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (1755): "Has two powers, expressed in modern English by two characters, V consonant and U vowel, which ought to be considered as two letters; but as they were long confounded while the two uses were annexed to one form, the old custom still continues to be followed. V, the consonant, has a sound nearly approaching to those of b and f. With b it is by the Spaniards and Gascons always confounded, and in the Runick alphabet is expressed by the same character with f, distinguished only by a diacritical point. Its sound in English is uniform. It is never mute." (3)
Submit V sentences by Wednesday, October 26, using comments on this post.
Origins: ? (1)
Greek: none
Frequency: 21st most frequent letter in English (2)
"V" from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (1755): "Has two powers, expressed in modern English by two characters, V consonant and U vowel, which ought to be considered as two letters; but as they were long confounded while the two uses were annexed to one form, the old custom still continues to be followed. V, the consonant, has a sound nearly approaching to those of b and f. With b it is by the Spaniards and Gascons always confounded, and in the Runick alphabet is expressed by the same character with f, distinguished only by a diacritical point. Its sound in English is uniform. It is never mute." (3)
Sunday, September 25, 2011
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)
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
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