Each Friday morning I post a riddle to get you to think outside the box and exercise your brain. If you are stumped, share it with a friend or colleague to see if you can figure it out together.
I’ll confirm answers later in the day so don’t worry if you don’t see your comment posted right away. I want to give everyone a chance.
This weeks riddle: The paragraph below is most unusual. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary you’d think nothing was wrong with it – and in fact, nothing is wrong with it. It is unusual though. Why?
“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, coming to Broadway, a booming bass drum and sounds of singing, told of a small Salvation Army unit carrying on amidst Broadway’s night shopping crowds. Gatsby, walking towards that group, saw a young girl, back toward him, just finishing a long, soulful oration … ”
The above passage is taken from the book “Gatsby” written by Ernest Vincent Wright in the late 1930’s
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The paragraph does not include the letter “e”. Nor does the book for that matter, which is titled “Gadsby” not “Gatsby”, the subtitle of the book itself is “Story of Over 50,000 Words Without Using the Letter “E”.”
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No e’s
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Unusual to have no e’s (also no q,x,z but thats not so unusual!)
( my connection died mid post so apologies if its in twice)
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There are no e’s
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There is not a single letter “e” in any of the words!!
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it doesn’t contain a single instance of the letter “e,” though I wonder what the next word is.
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No “the” in the paragraph.
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The paragraph does not contain the letter “e” the most common letter used in the English alphabet.
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The entire paragraph is written without once using the letter “E”.
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There’s no E in any of the words
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It doesn’t use the letter “e”, which is the most common in English.
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