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The absolute greatest discovery I made on this article is oulipo.social, a social network where the letter e is banned. The text on the page has to be one of th
by SOLAR_FIELDS 7y ago
The absolute greatest discovery I made on this article is oulipo.social, a social network where the letter e is banned. The text on the page has to be one of the greatest things I have witnessed in a long time. There is a fully functional and amazingly well written FAQ all without the letter e: https://oulipo.social/about/more https://oulipo.social/about/more
Here’s question 6 from that page for a taste:
What synonym should I sub in for [x]?
Try to stop looking for synonyms; if you try to swap out individual words, you'll find it tough going. Pull back and think abstractly about what you want to say and find words for that.
- gerikson 7y agoIronically the URL for the FAQ contains the forbidden later, but it sure sounds like a cool concept.
- gerikson 7y ago"Letter" not "later" , damn you autocorrect and also damn the window for editing comments is short :(
- freddie_mercury 7y agoI didn't see a mention but it is almost certainly inspired by the famous (in some circles) book by Georges Perec, A Void. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Void https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Void The entire book, a murder-mystery, is written without using the letter 'e'.
- Kye 7y agoContrast with dolphin.town where you can only use the letter e. There's a feud. https://oulipo.social/users/kit/statuses/101223229913710919 https://oulipo.social/users/kit/statuses/101223229913710919