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The Japanese equivalent is the Iroha, a famous poem that's also a perfect pangram of kana syllables and used as the traditional sort order for Japan: https://e
by resolutebat 3y ago
The Japanese equivalent is the Iroha, a famous poem that's also a perfect pangram of kana syllables and used as the traditional sort order for Japan:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroha
Plus as a poem it slaps:
Although its scent still lingers on
the form of a flower has scattered away
For whom will the glory
of this world remain unchanged?
Arriving today at the yonder side
of the deep mountains of
evanescent existence
We shall never allow ourselves to drift away
intoxicated, in the world of shallow dreams.
- bentley 3y agoI’m also reminded what’s almost the inverse, a Chinese poem consisting of a single repeated syllable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_Den https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_...