U in the title Ulysses has the look of a sacred vessel, a Grecian urn, and James Joyce’s novel begins with the phrase “Stately, plump Buck Mulligan…” Lots of U-ness there.
The letter o suggests an alluring or erotic roundness, orifices waiting to be filled, hence the infamous Story of O, but two of them together (OO) look like fake boobs on an exotic dancer or two fat men fighting for a seat on the bus: zoot, moot, booze, tattoo, kangaroo.
(pg. 19, The Glamour of Grammar by Roy Peter Clark)
This one keeps yelling at me from the shelf, “Read me! You’ll fall in love with me!” In the meantime, though, if this teaser has caught your attention, I’m giving away three copies here.
Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Play along. The rules are easy and I only cheated a little. Grab your current read, open to a random page, and give us two teaser sentences. Remember, no spoilers.
I received my copy from the publisher for review and the above is my honest opinion. I am an Amazon associate.
I have this book and I am glad to see a fun teaser. I need to get to my copy soon. My TT: http://www.rundpinne.com/2010/08/teaser-tuesdays-the-red-queen.html
Lol, OO as fake boobs..well yes
Here is mine; http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2010/08/teaser_17.html
Nice book to have and read. I’ll sign up for the give away!
Intriguing…
Here’s mine:
http://rainysnowday.wordpress.com/2010/08/17/teaser-tuesdays-20/
Who would have thought grammar could be so intriguing! Great teaser!
Good teaser! This isn’t really my cup of tea but it might be neat to browse through it one day.
Sounds like a fun read!