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Re: Lipograms
Posted By: Paul A., on host 206.135.142.18
Date: Monday, December 6, 1999, at 20:49:12
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.

Like _Gadsby_. And _A Void_. And "A Surprisingly Common Omission".

> Following a couple of paragraphs, the author presents three versions of "Mary Had a Little
> Lamb"; the first is the original(maybe), the second is rewritten so that it means the same
> thing even without the letter "s", and the third is without the letter "a".

How do you do "Mary had a Little Lamb" without using the letter a?

Paul

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