Lipogram
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| - | A '''lipogram''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] ''lipagrammatos'', "missing letter") is a kind of [[constrained writing]] or [[word game]] consisting of writing paragraphs or longer works in which a particular letter or group of letters is missing, usually a common vowel, the most common in [[English language|English]] being '''[[e]]''' (McArthur, 1992). A lipogram author avoiding ''e'' then only uses the 25 remaining letters of the alphabet.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007] | + | A '''lipogram''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] ''lipagrammatos'', "missing letter") is a kind of [[constrained writing]] or [[word game]] consisting of writing paragraphs or longer works in which a particular letter or group of letters is missing, usually a common vowel, the most common in [[English language|English]] being '''[[e]]''' (McArthur, 1992). A lipogram author avoiding ''e'' then only uses the 25 remaining letters of the alphabet. |
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A lipogram (from Greek lipagrammatos, "missing letter") is a kind of constrained writing or word game consisting of writing paragraphs or longer works in which a particular letter or group of letters is missing, usually a common vowel, the most common in English being e (McArthur, 1992). A lipogram author avoiding e then only uses the 25 remaining letters of the alphabet.
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