Univocalic¶
univocalic · letter · validated
A text using only one of the vowels.
Provenance¶
- Source: C. C. Bombaugh, Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-Fields of Literature (1867)
- 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, de
- Requires:
tokens,fold_diacritics,alphabet - Deterministic: yes
- Also known as: monovocalism
- In other languages: Univokalisch (de), Univocalisme (fr)
Prompt hint¶
Write a passage in which "e" is the only vowel that appears.
Parameters¶
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
fold_diacritics |
boolean | True |
Treat accented letters as their base letter, and ß as ss. |
vowel |
— | None |
The permitted vowel; inferred if unset. |
Examples¶
bombaugh-e-univocalic¶
en — this text satisfies the procedure.
Persever, ye perfect men, ever keep these precepts ten.
Parameters: vowel='e'
Source: C. C. Bombaugh, Gleanings for the Curious (1867)
ordinary-prose¶
en — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
The cat sat on the mat.
Parameters: vowel='e'
Source: constructed counterexample
nur-e¶
de — this text satisfies the procedure.
Der Retter der Fremden erkennt jeden Wert.
Parameters: vowel='e'
Source: constructed example
gemischte-vokale¶
de — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
Der Wind trug die Blumen fort.
Parameters: vowel='e'
Source: constructed counterexample
umlaut-vowel-under-folding¶
de — this text satisfies the procedure.
Bäh
Parameters: vowel='ä'
Source: constructed example; the text side folded ä to a and the parameter did not, so vowel "ä" could not be satisfied at all (ADR 0035)