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 Inny of you fellers heerd tell of Gadsby? |
bonnie knox |
A feller writ a whole book and never, not onct put a e on the end of a word.
Gadsby by Ernest Vincent Wright, "50,000 word novel without the letter 'e'." |
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| Re: Inny of you fellers heerd tell of Gadsby? |
UncleJD |
| bonnie knox wrote: | A feller writ a whole book and never, not onct put a e on the end of a word.
Gadsby by Ernest Vincent Wright, "50,000 word novel without the letter 'e'." |
How could Ernest Vincent "wright" the word novel without an e???? |
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1/4/16 1:18 am
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bonnie knox |
No, at was what the folks what put the book out writ on the cover--ta describe tha book an all. Inside, in tha story itself, there weren't no "e's".
| UncleJD wrote: | | bonnie knox wrote: | A feller writ a whole book and never, not onct put a e on the end of a word.
Gadsby by Ernest Vincent Wright, "50,000 word novel without the letter 'e'." |
How could Ernest Vincent "wright" the word novel without an e???? |
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But how many folk has heard a the novel? I guess the ole boy wasn't as cuttin edge or to the pointe as some a these whippersnappers today.   |
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Cojak |
I heard of the great Gadsby, does that count?
That is tough 50,000 words with no 'e'. Is there a language that doesn't use the 'e'? 
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| Re: Inny of you fellers heerd tell of Gadsby? |
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| UncleJD wrote: | | bonnie knox wrote: | A feller writ a whole book and never, not onct put a e on the end of a word.
Gadsby by Ernest Vincent Wright, "50,000 word novel without the letter 'e'." |
How could Ernest Vincent "wright" the word novel without an e???? |
Its possible .... just check out some of the grammar on this board.  |
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Cojak |
| c6thplayer1 wrote: | | UncleJD wrote: | | bonnie knox wrote: | A feller writ a whole book and never, not onct put a e on the end of a word.
Gadsby by Ernest Vincent Wright, "50,000 word novel without the letter 'e'." |
How could Ernest Vincent "wright" the word novel without an e???? |
Its possible .... just check out some of the grammar on this board. |
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