Thursday, October 30, 2008

Eunoia, the book that uses only one-vowel chapters! Wow!


Eunoia is the shortest word in English containing all five vowels - and it means "beautiful thinking". It is also the title of Canadian poet Christian Bok's book of fiction in which each chapter uses only one vowel. 

Mr Bok believes his book proves that each vowel has its own personality, and demonstrates the flexibility of the English language. Below are extracts from each chapter. More...

See also:

  1. The missing dot in the "i" leads to two murders...
  2. A look at that great English word "Fuck..."
  3. 99 words for bOObs! wOOw!
  4. A Million English Words! Wow!
  5. Winnie and Walter, the story where every word begins with W

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