This morning, while driving into work, I tuned into a story where they were interviewing Big Bird. The piece focused on publicizing a new CD, “Sesame Street Playground,” which features songs from Sesame Streets all over the world.
At the end of the piece, Big Bird shared that his favorite letter is “B.” Then the commentator segued into how librarians LOVE letters. A few of librarians from NPR shared their favorite letters (e.g., “S” — because it looks like how it sounds, “Z” — because it is last, and there are benefits to being last, etc.)
So, as a librarian, I channeled my inner geek, and I started to think about what my favorite letter would be. And I decided on “Q“ …
scrabble q
Q is powerful — especially in the game of Scrabble. One of my favorite words to create with the letter Q is “qi.” a simple two letter word, which can yield a large number of points. No “U” required, as so many Q words do!
What’s yours?
Photo Credit: Leo Reynolds’ @ Flickr: http://flickr.com/photos/lwr/376715044/
2008/10/13 at 9:25 pm
Ah, Scrabble! I have such great memories of playing this with my mother and grandmother. Oh, and my grandmother is almost 80 and can *still* beat us all in Scrabble!
I like to get “X” because I can quite a few two- or three-letter words with it and make a lot of points, especially if I can manage to get the triple word score.
2008/10/15 at 4:26 pm
Hmm. I don’t know that I have a favorite letter, but my daughter (aged 6) will tell you that C is the best letter in the world because two of her names start with it–Claudia and Corinne.
2008/11/19 at 12:58 am
My favorite letter has to be V.
Years ago I read Alan Moore’s V for Vendetta collected in a graphic novel and was blown away by the story and the versatility of that lone letter.
V has a presence — not immediately commanding but one that can sneak up on you when you least expect it.