This week's theme: Whose what? (animal edition) dog's letter (dogz LET-uhr) noun
The letter R. [From Latin littera canina, literally dog's letter. In Latin the sound of the letter R was trilled. Think Grrr! of a snarling dog. A good example of a trilling R is none other that the Spanish word for a dog: perro.] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "There is only the difference of the dog's letter between friend and [fiend]." The Westminster Review (London, UK); 1830. This newsletter is made possible in part by these sponsors: Why don't we just talk, we chew the fat? Orijinz, a hilarious, fascinating new card game about word and phrase origins. Only $12.95. http://entspire.com See a map of your word in the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?ad=aw&code=h7q ............................................................................ Faith which does not doubt is dead faith. -Miguel de Unamuno, philosopher and writer (1864-1936) Share the magic of words. Send a gift sub: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Remove, change, or subscribe address: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/dogs_letter.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/dogs_letter.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/dogs_letter.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
