Hapax legomenon

Re:Hapax legomenon by bemmu on Thursday March 06, 2014 @07:04AM (#7353182)

Is there a book where each word is used only once?

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Re:Hapax legomenon by czr80 on Thursday March 06, 2014 @08:06AM (#7353400)

I think that might be impossible to sustain for any substantial length.

It's true, admittedly, such constraints are often embraced by authors seeking novelty; consider someone's novel written entirely without using the letter 'e'. This rule, though, seems excessive - constructions would grow increasingly baroque, English's famously large vocabulary stretched thin, meaning squirreled into obscure words, awkward transitions.

And yet, perhaps too hastily dismissing an idea is equally foolhardy. Exploring Borge's library one may, indeed, see everything in sufficient time...

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Re:Hapax legomenon by userbinator on Thursday March 06, 2014 @08:18AM (#7353438)

I see what you did there.

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Re:Hapax legomenon by dTal on Thursday March 06, 2014 @10:42AM (#7354322)

Bravo.

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Re:Hapax legomenon by breadbox on Thursday March 06, 2014 @02:07PM (#7355856)

Yes: "Never Again", by Doug Nufer (http://www.amazon.com/Never-Again-Doug-Nufer/dp/B000HWZ1VE).

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Re:Hapax legomenon by Intermernet on Thursday March 06, 2014 @08:48AM (#7353596)

This was the best I could find: http://www.amazon.com/SCRABBLE-Word-List-list-Scrabble-ebook...

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Re:Hapax legomenon by chippy on Thursday March 06, 2014 @07:45AM (#7353321)

I was going to say a telephone book.. but I think it should be like the BBC's Just A Minute show, but in book form.

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