[Newspoetry] time is running out

Bill Wendling wendling at ganymede.isdn.uiuc.edu
Tue Dec 12 16:14:35 CST 2000


It's also my understanding that `w' can sometimes be considered a vowel
(like in Welsh ;-). How strict are these rules? What does ``univocalics''
mean? Why do I quote with two `'s instead of one "?

Also sprach gillespie william k:
} To split hairs:
} 
} "Y" doesn't have to be in the initial position to function as a consonant,
} it just has to sound like the Y in "Yoyo" or "Tokyo."
} 
} AnYwaY, at least one of the extant univocalics uses "Y" excessivelY and
} indiscriminatelY. Perhaps that makes it not a univocalic but instead a
} lipogram on four vowels.
} 
} WillYum
} 
} w w w .
} w o r d
} w o r k
} . o r g
} 
} On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Joe Futrelle wrote:
} 
} > I suppose I should have left out words with "y" in them except the one
} > with "y" in the initial position: "Yiddish".  Herbert Brun fans can
} > use the construction "I is", as in "I is kidding".
} > 
} > On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 12:53:12PM -0600, Joe Futrelle wrote:
} > > So far this year we've got univocalics for
} > > 
} > > a: "nasdaq flat"
} > > e: "Left Rebel 'Red Ken' Elected"
} > > o: "Footwords to Howl, for Solomon"
} > > u: "Russ Sub Kursk Sunk; UK Sub Plumbs"
} > > 
} > > We just need 'i' to make a complete set.  Anyone?
} > > 
} > > cf.
} > > http://www.newspoetry.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?type=forms&form=univocalic
} > > 
} > > I've attached a list of suitable words.
} > > 
} > > --
} > > Joe Futrelle
} > > Editor-within-chief,
} > > Newspoetry dot com
} > 
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