There’s an entire novel that did it: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsby_(novel)
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ByteJunk@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
For English, not using “e” seems like the real challenge.
otacon239@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Ahh that’s the one. For some reason I thought it was from the 1880s…
EtherWhack@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I just did it.
_stranger_@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
sentnces
They snuck right past you
_stranger_@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
It’s not too difficult to avoid using it.
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Klear@quokk.au 3 weeks ago
Fuck you.
Mac@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Ah, classic rebuttal and sans a certain character! Fantastic!
Klear@quokk.au 3 weeks ago
Almost!
Mac@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
I was going for all As in contrast to none.