Monoconsonantal¶
monoconsonantal · letter · validated
A text using only one consonant throughout, the vowels being left unconstrained — the mirror image of the univocalic.
Provenance¶
- Source: Word Ways, the Journal of Recreational Linguistics (1968 onwards)
- 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
- Requires:
tokens,fold_diacritics,alphabet - Deterministic: yes
Prompt hint¶
Write a passage in which the only consonant that appears is "n".
Parameters¶
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
consonant |
— | None |
The permitted consonant. |
fold_diacritics |
boolean | True |
Treat accented letters as their base letter, and ß as ss. |
Examples¶
one-consonant¶
en — this text satisfies the procedure.
no one anon
Parameters: consonant='n'
Source: constructed example
a-second-consonant¶
en — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
no one atom
Parameters: consonant='n'
Source: constructed counterexample
eszett-consonant-with-folding-off¶
de — this text satisfies the procedure.
ßeiß
Parameters: consonant='ß', fold_diacritics=False
Source: constructed example; under folding ß is two letters and the parameter is refused by name, so this is the configuration in which it means something