Consonantal lipogram¶
consonantal_lipogram · letter · validated
A lipogram whose forbidden set is a group of consonants rather than a single letter.
Provenance¶
- Source: Oulipo, Atlas de littérature potentielle (1981)
- Attribution:
reference— attested in a standard reference rather than traced to an origin - Checkability:
self— decidable from the text and its parameters alone - Attested:
codified— formulated as a rule by a tradition rather than declared by an author
Details¶
- Kind: restrictive
- Languages: en, fr
- Requires:
tokens,fold_diacritics - Deterministic: yes
- In other languages: Lipogramme consonantique (fr)
Prompt hint¶
Write a passage avoiding every one of a named group of consonants.
Parameters¶
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
fold_diacritics |
boolean | True |
Treat accented letters as their base letter, and ß as ss. |
forbidden |
string | — |
The consonants the text must avoid. |
Examples¶
avoids-the-set¶
en — this text satisfies the procedure.
a real one
Parameters: forbidden='bcd'
Source: constructed example
uses-the-set¶
en — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
a bad one
Parameters: forbidden='bcd'
Source: constructed counterexample
evite-le-groupe¶
fr — this text satisfies the procedure.
la lune se leva
Parameters: forbidden='bcd'
Source: constructed example
emploie-le-groupe¶
fr — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
la bande se leva
Parameters: forbidden='bcd'
Source: constructed counterexample