Tautogram¶
tautogram · letter · validated
A text in which every word begins with the same letter.
Provenance¶
- Source: Hucbald of Saint-Amand, Ecloga de Calvis (c. 890)
- 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
- Requires:
tokens,fold_diacritics - Deterministic: yes
- In other languages: Tautogramm (de), Tautogramme (fr)
Prompt hint¶
Write a passage in which every single word begins with the letter "p".
Parameters¶
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
fold_diacritics |
boolean | True |
Treat accented letters as their base letter, and ß as ss. |
initial |
— | None |
Shared initial; inferred if unset. |
Examples¶
peter-piper¶
en — this text satisfies the procedure.
Peter Piper picked pickled peppers
Parameters: initial='p'
Source: Traditional English tongue-twister, first printed 1813
broken-run¶
en — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
Peter Piper picked a peck
Parameters: initial='p'
Source: constructed counterexample
berliner-b¶
de — this text satisfies the procedure.
Bunte Blumen blühen bei Berlin
Parameters: initial='b'
Source: constructed example
unterbrochen¶
de — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
Bunte Blumen wachsen bei Berlin
Parameters: initial='b'
Source: constructed counterexample
umlaut-a¶
de — this text satisfies the procedure.
Ärger Ähnlich Ärmel
Parameters: initial='ä'
Source: constructed example; initial="ä" folds to "a" and every word's own initial letter folds the same way (ADR 0035)
gebrochene-reihe¶
de — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
Ärger Berg Ähnlich
Parameters: initial='ä'
Source: constructed counterexample