Patrick Andries scripsit: > Quite a feat indeed : since "e" accounts for 13% of letters in a typical > English text.
Indeed. It's called "Gadsby", and the author of "La disparition" certainly knew it. > There is also one in French where "e" accounts for 15,3% of letters in a > typical text.... > > It's called "La disparition" (320 pages without an "e"), by Georges > Perec. Extract http://www2.ec-lille.fr/~book/perec/textes/disparition.shtml There is an English translation (or "translation"): "The Void", wherein the hero, Anton Voyl, becomes Anton Vowl. There are German and Danish translations too. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all. There are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful. --_The Hobbit_