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Re: Lipograms
Posted By: Spider-Boy, on host 207.10.37.2
Date: Tuesday, December 7, 1999, at 08:48:33
In Reply To: Re: Lipograms posted by Howard on Tuesday, December 7, 1999, at 08:27:31:

> > > 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
>
> Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Let me try.
> Mry hd little lmb.
> It's fleece ws white s snow,
> Nd everywhere tht Mry went,
> The lmb ws sure to go.
>
> I don't get it.
> Howard

The Girl owned the young sheep
It's fleece looked like snow
everywhere the girl went,
the young sheep would followed.

I don't think you can do it with out 'e' though.

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