Lipogram¶
lipogram · letter · validated
A text that omits a chosen letter of the alphabet entirely.
Provenance¶
- Source: Georges Perec, La Disparition (1969)
- Attribution:
primary— a named author, work and year this catalogue stands behind - 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, de, fr
- Requires:
tokens,fold_diacritics - Deterministic: yes
- In other languages: Lipogramm (de), Lipogramme (fr)
Prompt hint¶
Write a passage that never uses the letter "e", in any case or accented form.
Parameters¶
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
fold_diacritics |
boolean | True |
Treat accented letters as their base letter, and ß as ss. |
forbidden |
string | e |
The letter the text must omit. |
Examples¶
gadsby-opening¶
en — this text satisfies the procedure.
If youth, throughout all history, had had a champion to stand up for it; to show a doubting world that a child can think.
Parameters: forbidden='e'
Source: Ernest Vincent Wright, Gadsby (1939)
ordinary-prose¶
en — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
The letter appears here repeatedly.
Parameters: forbidden='e'
Source: constructed counterexample
ohne-e¶
de — this text satisfies the procedure.
Und so zog Wind durch kalt Rauch, ganz ohn Trost.
Parameters: forbidden='e'
Source: constructed example
gewoehnliche-prosa¶
de — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
Der Wind weht heute wieder gegen jedes Fenster.
Parameters: forbidden='e'
Source: constructed counterexample
ohne-umlaut-a¶
de — this text satisfies the procedure.
Wolken ziehen über den Fluss
Parameters: forbidden='ä'
Source: constructed example; forbidden="ä" folds to "a" and the text side folds too, so a text with no "a" at all must satisfy it (ADR 0035)
enthaelt-umlaut-a¶
de — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
Wolken ziehen über den Fluss und Wälder
Parameters: forbidden='ä'
Source: constructed counterexample; contains "ä", which folds to the forbidden "a" — the inverted verdict ADR 0035's Known remaining names
sans-e¶
fr — this text satisfies the procedure.
Un fils qui court dans un champ, loin du bruit.
Parameters: forbidden='e'
Source: constructed example; the form is Perec's, in La Disparition (1969)
prose-ordinaire¶
fr — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
Le vent revient et le monde se tait.
Parameters: forbidden='e'
Source: constructed counterexample