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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread lipogram #148990 10/17/2005 12:37 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Has anybody read the two novels mentioned by Anu in the lipogram explanation? It seems that avoiding E in writing a novel would be quite difficult to do. I'm wondering if the plot suffered at the expense of the task. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: lipogram #148991 10/18/2005 1:06 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean Allo, ma choupette Lots of lipo threads here below the fold and one above as well! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: lipogram #148992 10/18/2005 5:23 AM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 1 Long Island, NY MarneHunt stranger MarneHunt stranger Joined: May 2000 Posts: 1 Long Island, NY Technically, it does not qualify as a lipogram, however I am reminded of the amusing James Thurber book, The Wonderful O where sea captain Black disavows "o"s because his mother got stuck in a porthole and couldn't be pulled in and had to be pushed out. Consequently, Captain Black not only eradicates words with "o"s, but items that contain "o" in their names, such as oboes and coffee. Similarly, I am reminded of Steve Martin's piece for The New Yorker magazine, "Times Roman Font Announces Shortage of Periods" creating havoc for all writers, but especially "... writers who work in small choppy sentences..." Times Roman representatives offer substitutes as a temporary remedial measure. Marne Hunt Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: lipogram #148993 10/21/2005 2:57 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Honourable mention should also be given to Mark Dunn's Ella Minnow Pea, a progressively lipogrammatic epistolary novel. Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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