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A Lipogram

August 14th, 2013 · 10 Comments

I was apparently interested in Oulipian constraints and recreational linguistics at an early age: I found a lipogram that I wrote when I was about ten.

LIPOGRAM

Tags: *Words · L

10 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Norman Conquest // Aug 14, 2013 at 11:11 am

    You were a budding Perec!

  • 2 Doug // Aug 14, 2013 at 12:56 pm

    This was before La Disparition; I must have heard of Gadsby.

  • 3 Norman Conquest // Aug 14, 2013 at 1:23 pm

    The orig. title was Gadfly.

  • 4 Doug // Aug 14, 2013 at 3:51 pm

    Like gadflies, lipograms have irritated many a horse’s ass.

  • 5 Norman Conquest // Aug 16, 2013 at 1:09 pm

    “Like gadflies, lipograms have irritated many a horse’s ass.”

    Now remove the letter “e.”

  • 6 Doug // Aug 16, 2013 at 2:48 pm

    Similar to a gadfly, a lipogram annoys many a pompous ass.

  • 7 Norman Conquest // Aug 16, 2013 at 5:09 pm

    Hooray for Doug–he did it!

    He wins an Emmy–ur, make that as Oscar.

  • 8 Norman Conquest // Aug 16, 2013 at 5:11 pm

    Dang! Typos even in my comments.

  • 9 Doug // Aug 18, 2013 at 3:31 pm

    Similar to a translator, Norman cannot function without typos.

  • 10 Norman Conquest // Aug 18, 2013 at 8:22 pm

    Typos R Us.