# A 50,000 word essay, without the letter "e". **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2004, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-50-000-word-essay-without-the-letter-e/261047 "2004-08-23T04:18:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-50-000-word-essay-without-the-letter-e/261047/61 "2007-04-23T05:40:33Z")
A small constraint shouldn’t prohibit our writings from sounding stylish and witty. **mobo85** thinks that this tiny limitation only turns out writing that sounds similar to what a Cro-Magnon would say (or grunt). I say hogwash !!! This minor obstruction may limit us from using a majority of words, but still, a satisfactory amount of words abound that do not contain that glyph, allowing our postings to maintain a skillful standard. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-50-000-word-essay-without-the-letter-e/261047/62 "2007-04-23T14:04:56Z")
[QUOTE=Taber] Don’t you mean you are not this smart? [/QUOTE] I am so smart. I am so smart. S-M-R-T, Oops, it’s S-A-M-R-T. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-50-000-word-essay-without-the-letter-e/261047/63 "2007-04-23T15:12:08Z")
[QUOTE=wolf\_meister] A small constraint shouldn’t prohibit our writings from sounding stylish and witty. **mobo85** thinks that this tiny limitation only turns out writing that sounds similar to what a Cro-Magnon would say (or grunt). I say hogwash !!! This minor obstruction may limit us from using a majority of words, but still, a satisfactory amount of words abound that do not contain that glyph, allowing our postings to maintain a skillful standard. [/QUOTE] I am with you on this. What I was saying is that if you do not know many words (similar to I), your writing is dung. You think of good words- much so. Not I. ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-50-000-word-essay-without-the-letter-e/261047/64 "2007-04-23T15:33:52Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] Ken Jennings recently commented on his website about a book called _Eunoia_, consisting of five essays- each one written with only one of the vowels (for example, only “a”- no “e,” “i,” “o,” or “u”)… [/QUOTE] [“Eunoia”](http://www.chbooks.com/archives/online_books/eunoia/text.html) must stun untruthful schmucks. Such scum suck. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-50-000-word-essay-without-the-letter-e/261047/65 "2007-04-23T18:14:30Z")
Why would lots of folks _want_ to know what your random million-winning schmuck thinks? Not that that’s bad or anything. I think it’s just a quirk: if I ran into a star in, say, an airport, first of all, 100% clarity in ID is difficult, for yours truly, that is. Also, assuming I did know it was him without a doubt, I’d first think upon spying him (or any random “big” shot): “Big whoop!”, or “No! Don’t go up to him and say hi! What about a bit of privacy?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-50-000-word-essay-without-the-letter-e/261047.md?page=3)