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> It's still impressive---imagine writing 1000 words of English without reusing any function words like "the", "it", "of", "is". How about: > Gadsby is a [260
by throw0101a 3y ago
> It's still impressive---imagine writing 1000 words of English without reusing any function words like "the", "it", "of", "is".
How about:
> Gadsby is a [260-page] 1939 novel by Ernest Vincent Wright which includes only four words that contain the letter E, the most common letter in English.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsby_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsby_(novel)
- chris_st 3y agoOr: > [The novel] "A Void", translated from the original French La Disparition (lit. "The Disappearance"), is a 300-page French lipogrammatic novel, written in 1969 by Georges Perec, entirely without using the letter e, following Oulipo constraints. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Void https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Void
- lupire 3y agoLa Disparition / A void isn't just "without using that fifth glyph"; it's about a world without that fifth glyph, and uncanny discomfort from not having it but not knowing why, and trying to find illuminating truth. Also, http://reddit.com/r/AVoid5 http://reddit.com/r/AVoid5 If you don't want to visit that community, you can ask ChatGPT for non-fifth-glyph writing, most of which looks as if it is a copy from that community.
- egypturnash 3y agoalso, there is https://dolphin.town/ https://dolphin.town/ which plays a slight variant on this game :) (and sadly will complain about expired certificates when you visit it)
- lupire 3y agoFantastic contrapoint to https://oulipo.social/ https://oulipo.social/
- chris_st 3y agoI was on an early mastodon instance where the fifth glyph was prohibited. It was really tough for me to do posts, but there was a person who was getting their PhD in linguistics, and if you didn't know that they had to avoid that letter, you'd never guess. Just amazing writing.