Eunoia is a work bypoetChristian Bök consisting of five chapters, each one using only one vowel.
In the science-fiction television seriesEarth: Final Conflict, Eunoia is the name of the native language of the Taelon race. Christian Bök was a consultant on that series and helped develop the language.
In December 2015, the Ministry of Education in Singapore unveiled the name of a new junior College set to open in 2017,Eunoia Junior College. The unfamiliar name generated significant buzz in the Singapore community when it was first announced,[7] including memes referencingSinglishhomophones.[8]
^ab"Beautiful vowels".Today (BBC Radio 4).BBC. 30 October 2008.Eunoia is the shortest word in English containing all five vowels - and it means "beautiful thought". It is also the title of Canadian poet Christian Bok's book of fiction in which each chapter uses only one vowel.
^Gloria Vivenza, "Classical Roots of Benevolence in Economic Thought,"Ancient Economic Thought (Routledge, 1997) pp. 198–199, 204–208online; Cicero's influence onpatristic usage, Carolinne White,Christian Friendship in the Fourth Century (Cambridge University Press, 1992, 2002), pp. 16–17online, 32, and p. 255, note 13.
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