Re: Lipograms
Spider-Boy, on host 207.10.37.2
Tuesday, December 7, 1999, at 08:48:33
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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