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Re: Lipograms
Posted By: Dr. Morris Cecil Glalet, Th.D., on host 205.188.197.28
Date: Monday, November 29, 1999, at 16:10:43
In Reply To: Lipograms posted by Nyperold on Monday, November 29, 1999, at 14:37:36:

> What are lipograms? According to Gyles Brandreth, author of "The Joy Of Lex", they are "great works of literature from which we have chosen to omit certain letters of the alphabet.

I thought "lipo" meant fat (liposuction, liposculpture, lipophobia, etc.). "Gram", I was told, came from "graph", which was Greek for "to write or draw". So, if I were to guess, I would say that lipogram meant a drawing made with fat. Hmm.

-Dr. Morris Cecil Glalet, Th.D.
Mon 29 Nov A.D. 1999