There’s an entire novel that did it: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsby_(novel)
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ByteJunk@lemmy.world 1 day ago
For English, not using “e” seems like the real challenge.
otacon239@lemmy.world 1 day ago
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Several. Later Georges Perec also did
Which is a book about a world in which the letter “E” has disappeared and only one guy notices it. He tries to prove it, but of course all works of literature have been “rewritten” by reality to no longer include E. For example, Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven, is now A Blackbird - which the author includes in full, keeping the original meter and plot.
toynbee@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I heard about this when I was in my twenties, forgot the details, and purchased The Great Gatsby instead.
I thought I was missing something for the longest time. I guess I was.
ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 1 day ago
Ahh that’s the one. For some reason I thought it was from the 1880s…
EtherWhack@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I just did it.
_stranger_@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You thought you did somthing thr didnt you? Wll sorry to burst your bubbl but numrous sentnces could b constructd without mploying th first ltter of the Nglish lxicon.
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 1 day ago
sentnces
They snuck right past you
_stranger_@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I left one in there as an exercise for the reader. I also didn’t change the letter position from first to fifth :D
oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
It’s not too difficult to avoid using it.
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Klear@quokk.au 1 day ago
Fuck you.
Mac@mander.xyz 1 day ago
Ah, classic rebuttal and sans a certain character! Fantastic!
Klear@quokk.au 23 hours ago
Almost!