It is one of my ambitions (it really is) to edit the Wikipedia page about the novel Gadsby, and make it read perfectly but use only 25 letters of the alphabet.
Which letter to leave out?
Quote from: Last Hussar on 08 June 2020, 05:04:40 PM
It is one of my ambitions (it really is) to edit the Wikipedia page about the novel Gadsby, and make it read perfectly but use only 25 letters of the alphabet.
A fantastic concept - your lipogram may come unstuck if you constrain yourself as the author
Ernest Wright did...
After a quick look at the page there are only 16 letter z and most are in horribly Americanised (badly spelt) words. ie "Organization"
:D
What a strange idea. But I like it 8)
It does rather depend on the letter you choose not to use.
Ah, if you know why I chose that page, you'd know what letter. As Scorpio writes, there are certain problems...
Aah! I now know. And all I can say is "good luck!"
fifth symbol in the Anglicised writing symbol list...
A book and also a class of writing of which I had not known until scanning this topic. I am glad to gain this illumination and thank you for it.
Gods, it's hard work writing this sort of thing!
Fifty thousand words! I can only attain a total of fifty!
E?
Quote from: Scorpio_Rocks on 08 June 2020, 06:27:07 PM
After a quick look at the page there are only 16 letter z and most are in horribly Americanized (badly spelt) words. ie "Organization"
:D
Fixed it for ya.
:D ;)
Bugger, I should have stuck to Anglo...