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

From: John Hudson (tiro@tiro.com)
Date: Thu Feb 14 2002 - 01:48:54 EST


At 19:13 2/13/2002, Patrick Andries wrote:

>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.

The English one is translation of Perec's _La disparation_ by Gilbert
Adair, entirled _A Void_. Perec also wrote a much shorter work in which 'e'
is the only vowel used. This has not been translated.

John Hudson

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Vancouver, BC tiro@tiro.com

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