JUGGLING WITH WORDS # 1

LIPOGRAMS
Have a look at this text:

This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching!

Have you spotted what is wrong with the text?

Here goes a clue...there is a very frequent letter missing

The text is an example of lipogram. It consists of writing paragraphs excluding one or more high frequent letters. In English the most common vowel is e so it can be a challenge to write a long text without it. In fact, the text you read above is an example of one, written by Ernest Vincent Wright. There is no e!

Why don't you try yourself? Think of your daily routine or what you did yesterday and write a paragraph without the letter e.

This is the first of a series of posts I would like to create with word plays, so watch out for the next!