Val Fox Writes

T, Tee or Tea – Did you know the most common word in the English language begins with the letter T. The letter T is also the Twentieth letter in the English alphabet, and it is the second most commonly used letter. History tell that the letter T was used by ancient Phoenicians as a sign for illiterate people who could not sign their own names. The letter was eventually changed centuries later by the Greeks to the present letter T.

Here are some words beginning with T that you may or may not be familiar with. The letter T – what would the English language be without it.

See you tomorrow when I will feature the letter U - for Unbelievable.  Have a nice day, friends.

Tabor A light medieval drum buckled onto a player’s chest.     

Talar An ankle-length robe

Tralatition A metaphor

Thegosis Tooth grinding to sharpen the teeth (yikes!)

Traduce         To defame; to slander

Teasel A brush with hooked bits, used to bring up the nap on fabric

Tmesis The separation of a word into parts by an intervening word

Telamon A column curved into the shape of a human male              

Tomium The cutting edge of a bird’s bill

Thanatism The belief that the soul dies with the body

Sources: http://phrontistery.info/t.html

 http://www.Grammar.yourdictionary.com/word-lists/