Pangrammatic lipogram¶
pangrammatic_lipogram · letter · validated
A text using every letter of the alphabet except one, which is omitted entirely — a pangram and a lipogram at once.
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:
alphabet,fold_diacritics - Deterministic: yes
Prompt hint¶
Write a sentence using all twenty-five letters other than the one you have banned.
Parameters¶
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
fold_diacritics |
boolean | True |
Treat accented letters as their base letter, and ß as ss. |
forbidden |
string | e |
The one letter that must not appear. |
Examples¶
all-but-e¶
en — this text satisfies the procedure.
abcdfghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Parameters: forbidden='e'
Source: constructed example
contains-the-forbidden-letter¶
en — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Parameters: forbidden='e'
Source: constructed counterexample
alle-bis-auf-umlaut-a¶
de — this text satisfies the procedure.
bcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Parameters: forbidden='ä'
Source: constructed example; every base letter but "a", with forbidden="ä" folding to "a" (ADR 0035)
enthaelt-umlaut-a¶
de — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Parameters: forbidden='ä'
Source: constructed counterexample; a full 26-letter pangram, "a" included