iLiterature

There's been this niggling thought hanging about inside my head for a little while now.

It all started (one dark and stormy night) when my eleven year old told me the meaning of iliteration. Simply put, it's words coupled with each other because they share a common first letter, such as Simple Simon, Fast Food or New York, New York*.

That wasn't the thought.

I like to think about words. About their origins, their meanings and their evolutions. I like the way they sound. I like to look for connections that don't always exist. I like to explore.

This also wasn't the thought.

The thought goes something like this, but in no particular order;
Literate people can read, illiterate people can't read, the iPhone could have an app called "iLiterature", would this app contain books for people who can't read or merely contain examples of iliteration?
Also songs go "ooh ooh ah ha" etc. Try putting that in a book.


*Not really NY but you never know.