what is unusual..

Originally posted by Bowmann
Copycat.

http://www.timeforchess.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=48736#post_875661

Originally posted by name2invalid
..about this paragraph? --
"Gatsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had had its noisy run; and with not many folks in sight, His Honor got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a mayor out of City Hall is a shining mark for any politician. And so, ...[text shortened]... 1930's
-Nothing is really wrong with the paragraph.. it is just unusual though. Why?

Originally posted by R0ckstar
This is pretty easy and i did not google it. The answer is that there is no "the" in the whole paragraph.

Originally posted by name2invalid
almost got it... there is more to it than that.

Originally posted by ThudanBlunder
Don't you mean less? His rule implies (my guess at) yours.

VEry intErEsting. I havE sEEn somEthing similar though. It's Easy whEn you know what to look for, othErwisE it's prEtty darn difficult :p

It's not that difficult, although I'd seen something similar before. There aren't that many things that it could be, especially coming from the sort of people who post on this forum. A more interesting idea for a novel is the one that is palindromic (i.e.the entire book can be read either way)
Probably much harder to write, as well. The only interesting palindrome i know offhand is "Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas" for the sheer complexity of the words in it.

Such compositions are called lipograms.

Originally posted by name2invalid
..about this paragraph? --
"Gatsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had had its noisy run; and with not many folks in sight, His Honor got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a mayor out of City Hall is a shining mark for any politician. And so, ...[text shortened]... 1930's
-Nothing is really wrong with the paragraph.. it is just unusual though. Why?

Originally posted by ThudanBlunder
Don't you mean less? His rule implies (my guess at) yours.

I had to Google the answer, but it is very interesting.