You must do a lot of tricky dancing, but upon sitting down, your work possibly has artistic worth.

Dec 30, 2008 20:37

Can you catch on to what I'm doing in this post? I'm writing in a way that at first struck Yours Truly as child's play, but upon actually trying to do it, it turns out that it isn't as straightforward as it looks. Words fall away from my hands as fluidly as grains of sand, and what do I wind up holding? Hardly anything! I must avoid many basic, common words and vital parts of grammar. Holy shit, this is hard. You should try writing how I'm writing... if you catch on to what I'm doing to start with, that is. It's not too hard to grasp what my difficulty is. If you think this paragraph sounds unnatural, you intuit that which is amiss. Look again. You might want to count things, or, should I say, try a poll. Upon solving it, show your stuff by writing in kind.



"Freedom" merely means "different cages."

The previous endeavor used certain restraints. Here, I've reversed the problem. Those who've solved the previous exercise are easily seeing the current rule. Like before, once you've discovered the rule, employ the same technique when replying. Before getting excited over the new freedom, however, realize the reins you've shaken have been replaced, their substitute barely better. After very little time, new problems become apparent, quite like the ones before: absent necessary speech particles, unusable yet seemingly irreplaceable phrases, etc. Haven't determined the rule being followed yet? Jesus, you're obtuse. Here's some help: Seeing the current riddle alongside the one above makes each one's system more noticeable, even when merely read intuitively. They complement each other. Each one provides the other's clues; taken together, the answers are easily attainable.

--credit Leandrea Jones 12/31/08

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