[ ] Nov. 1: #avoidlipo -- Your text may not contain any "e"s
[ ] Nov. 2: #monosyllablipo -- All words in your text must consist of exactly one syllable.
[ ] Nov. 3: #punchcardlipo -- Each sentence in your text must contain exactly 80 characters.
[ ] Nov. 4: #tautogramlipo -- All words in your text must begin with the same letter. You can choose the letter.
[ ] Nov. 5: #vomitlipo -- In your text, the order of consonant phonemes in each word must follow the place of articulation; start with phonemes articulated at the back of the mouth, end with phonemes articulated at the front. For instance, "good" starts at the velum and ends at the alveolar ridge. You can follow the table in this article from right to left.
[x] Nov. 6: #mirrorlipo -- You may only use letters that have at least one axis of symmetry.
[ ] Nov. 7: #interleaflipo -- Reading every other word in your text must still yield a full, valid text.
[ ] Nov. 8: #recyclipo -- The same set of letters must appear in each sentence of your text.
[ ] Nov. 9: #quintilipo -- All words in your text must contain at least 5 letters.
[x] Nov. 10: #vowelringlipo -- The order in which the vowels a, e, i, o, u appear (across words) must stay the same throughout the text. You can pick the order of your vowels.
[ ] Nov. 11: #monotonelipo -- All words in your text must have the same length.
[ ] Nov. 12: #frankensteinlipo -- Your text must contain the verbs from another, published text, in the order of appearance, but the substantives of yet another, published text, in the order of appearance; e.g., the verbs from Pride and Prejudice, but the nouns of The Hobbit. Words that are not verbs or nouns can be inserted freely.
[ ] Nov. 13: #aphasialipo -- Your text may not contain any meaningful substantives; in case you want to use a substantive, you must use a placeholder such as "thing", "stuff", or "whatchamacallit".
[ ] Nov. 23: #epanodoslipo -- The second sentence of your text must repeat one word from the first sentence. The next sentence must repeat that word and an additional word from the second sentence. Continue as long as you like.
[ ] Nov. 24: #selfsustainlipo -- You may only use letters and characters that occur in your own full name and title.
[ ] Nov. 25: #dactylipo -- Your entire text must consist of a row of dactyls.
[ ] Nov. 27: #snpvplipo -- Your entire text must consist of sentences of the form S -> NP VP, that is, sentences must conform to the structure of sentences like "John walks" or "John loves Mary".
Nov. 6: #mirrorlipo -- You may only use letters that have at least one axis of symmetry.
We all know a word whose letters all have at least one axis of symmetry.
woof
F it. Let's try another.
moo
Here is my entry for NaNoGenMo 2014, 50,000 Meows refactored (copied and pasted) into 50,000 Woofs (including unit tests), refactored (copied and pasted) into 50,000 Moos.
Usage
cp ../data/pg2701.txt .
python3 moo.py pg2701.txt > moo-pg2701.txt
python3 moo.py --translation pg2701.txt > moo-x2-pg2701.txt
# Or with PDFs, needs py2pdf.py and 'pip install reportlab'
./moo.sh pg2701.txt "Mo Dick; o T Wal, Hman Mlvill (or Mooby Dick; Or the White Sea Cow)"
Here's part of Mo Dick; o T Wal, Hman Mlvill (or Mooby Dick; Or the White Sea Cow):
"MOOOO.... Mo. moo Moo. MOOO. Mooo mooooo mo moooo mooo moooooooo mo
moooooo; moo mo Moo. MOOOO mo mooooo mo moooooo." --MOOOOOO'M MOOOOOOOOO
"MOOOO.... Mo mo mooo moooooooooo mooo moo Moo. moo Moo. MOOOOO; M.M.
MOOO-MOO, mo mooo, mo mooooo." --MOOOOOOOOO'M MOOOOOOOOO
MOOOO, MOOOO.
MOOOO, MOOOO.
MOOOO, MOOOO-MOOOO.
MOOOO, MOOOOO.
MOO, MOOOO.
MOOO, MOOOOOO.
MOOOO, MOOOOOOOO.
MOOOO, MOOOOOO.
MOOOOOO, MOOOOO.
MOOOOOO, MOOOOOO.
MOOOO-MOOO-MOOO, MOOOO.
MOOOO-MOOO-MOOO, MOOOOOOOOOO.
MOOOOOOO (Mooooooo mo m Moo-Moo-Moooooooo).
And with line-by-line translations:
Fishiest of all fishy places was the Try Pots, which well deserved
Mooooooo mo moo moooo mooooo moo moo Moo Mooo, moooo mooo mooooooo
its name; for the pots there were always boiling chowders. Chowder for
moo mooo; moo moo mooo moooo mooo mooooo moooooo mooooooo. Moooooo moo
breakfast, and chowder for dinner, and chowder for supper, till you
moooooooo, moo moooooo moo mooooo, moo moooooo moo mooooo, mooo moo
began to look for fish-bones coming through your clothes. The area
moooo mo mooo moo mooo-moooo mooooo moooooo mooo moooooo. Moo mooo
before the house was paved with clam-shells. Mrs. Hussey wore a polished
mooooo moo moooo moo moooo mooo mooo-mooooo. Moo. Mooooo mooo m mooooooo
necklace of codfish vertebra; and Hosea Hussey had his account books
mooooooo mo moooooo mooooooo; moo Moooo Mooooo moo moo moooooo moooo
bound in superior old shark-skin. There was a fishy flavor to the milk,
moooo mo mooooooo moo moooo-mooo. Moooo moo m moooo mooooo mo moo mooo,
too, which I could not at all account for, till one morning happening
moo, moooo M moooo moo mo moo moooooo moo, mooo moo moooooo moooooooo
to take a stroll along the beach among some fishermen's boats, I saw
mo mooo m mooooo moooo moo moooo moooo mooo moooooooo'm moooo, M moo
Hosea's brindled cow feeding on fish remnants, and marching along the
Moooo'm mooooooo moo moooooo mo mooo mooooooo, moo mooooooo moooo moo
sand with each foot in a cod's decapitated head, looking very slip-shod,
mooo mooo mooo mooo mo m moo'm moooooooooo mooo, moooooo mooo mooo-mooo,
I assure ye.
M mooooo mo.
Here's a crossover NaNoGenMo / NaNoLiPo entry!
NaNoLiPo Prompts
50,000 ~Woofs~ Moos
Or Mooby Dick; Or the White Sea Cow
Nov. 6: #mirrorlipo -- You may only use letters that have at least one axis of symmetry.
We all know a word whose letters all have at least one axis of symmetry.
F it. Let's try another.
Here is my entry for NaNoGenMo 2014, 50,000 Meows refactored (copied and pasted) into 50,000 Woofs (including unit tests), refactored (copied and pasted) into 50,000 Moos.
Usage
Output
Extracts
Here's part of Mo Dick; o T Wal, Hman Mlvill (or Mooby Dick; Or the White Sea Cow):
And with line-by-line translations: