Never any time. Anyone who says retirement is boring obviously doesn't know me. I'm going to add the original work I did on this just in case it sparks something to tie it all up.
There is one word of 0 letters.
There are 5 words of one letter - I, a, a, a, I
There are 5 2-letter words - of, so, in, of, oh
There are 8 3-letter words - now, and, and, far, say, you, for, and
There are 4 4-letter words - held, what, what, such
There are 5 5-letter words - great, cakes, angst, crump, chaos
There are 4 6-letter words - Eccles, theses, excess, fungal
There are 3 7-letter words - conduct, journal, vocular
There are 6 8-letter words - paranoia, rhodites, tamarisk, mestizos, welcomer, anableps
There are 7 9-letter words - interview, consigned, demagogic, desirable, phantasma, consigned, desirable, geurrilla
And one 10-letter - word - coheasible.
So I'll just say, Congratulations, in 50 words, you managed to cover all these lengths of words. I suspect the answer is staring me in the face but I don't have any more time to review all the bits and pieces I found on that first morning to come up with anything better.
Ah, I need to come back to this later today. I spent quite some time on it yesterday morning (24 hours ago) looking at letters that start each word, letters that appear in each word, number of letters in each word etc. I think I’d aligned the zero letter word with the letter Q and was trying to sort out all the rest of it. I’ll find my notes later and see if a fresh viewpoint helps. I’ll need a bit more time please. Thanks.
Flipping heck, Terry, you're being pretty demanding for a Friday afternoon! At this rate I shall have to bring wine o'clock forward in hope of having sufficient mettle to tackle the challenge....!
I don't get it but I loved the videos. Thanks, Terry. Hope you are feeling better soon.
Never any time. Anyone who says retirement is boring obviously doesn't know me. I'm going to add the original work I did on this just in case it sparks something to tie it all up.
There is one word of 0 letters.
There are 5 words of one letter - I, a, a, a, I
There are 5 2-letter words - of, so, in, of, oh
There are 8 3-letter words - now, and, and, far, say, you, for, and
There are 4 4-letter words - held, what, what, such
There are 5 5-letter words - great, cakes, angst, crump, chaos
There are 4 6-letter words - Eccles, theses, excess, fungal
There are 3 7-letter words - conduct, journal, vocular
There are 6 8-letter words - paranoia, rhodites, tamarisk, mestizos, welcomer, anableps
There are 7 9-letter words - interview, consigned, demagogic, desirable, phantasma, consigned, desirable, geurrilla
And one 10-letter - word - coheasible.
So I'll just say, Congratulations, in 50 words, you managed to cover all these lengths of words. I suspect the answer is staring me in the face but I don't have any more time to review all the bits and pieces I found on that first morning to come up with anything better.
Well done Professor Terry
Astonishing and nonsensicle. I like it!
Ah, I need to come back to this later today. I spent quite some time on it yesterday morning (24 hours ago) looking at letters that start each word, letters that appear in each word, number of letters in each word etc. I think I’d aligned the zero letter word with the letter Q and was trying to sort out all the rest of it. I’ll find my notes later and see if a fresh viewpoint helps. I’ll need a bit more time please. Thanks.
Absolutely no idea. But it sounds good out loud.
Love it! And love that school of restraint writing. I put an Oulipian poem in my latest novel.
Just for funzies I also once tried to get ChatGPT to write one and it failed miserably and couldn’t seem to follow the rules!
I am left quite baffled by this, Terry. It's got a great flow and strangeness to it, though. Sort of Lewis Carroll-y.
Do enlighten us when you can.
Hope you're feeling better!
You do not use the word "the"
These lines could also be scattered into various chapters of a new edition of Ulysses and no one would be the wiser.
I’ve Escaped into a baffled world. I always enjoy your writing even if I don’t understand it.
I don't get it. But I kind of like it. ( Sort of like my second husband...)
I'm stumped and tapping out!
Flipping heck, Terry, you're being pretty demanding for a Friday afternoon! At this rate I shall have to bring wine o'clock forward in hope of having sufficient mettle to tackle the challenge....!
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