Off-Topic (Re: This spoofing and security thread)

From: Patrick Andries (pandries@iti.qc.ca)
Date: Wed Feb 13 2002 - 22:13:06 EST


Asmus Freytag wrote:

> . There's at least one novel that does entirely without that letter,
> but is certainly in English.

Quite a feat indeed : since "e" accounts for 13% of letters in a typical
English text.

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



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