
#217 Randomness with Chris Noessel
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The N Plus Seven Engine
Ulepo spell is a portmanteau of several French words. It was invented middle of the 20th century by some French writers who created elaborate mechanisms for generating new writing prompts. N plus seven engine: You would write a paragraph of text or even a small story, then you would get a dictionary. And it would weirdly change the meaning of the story. At first you wrote about a bird. Go from a bird to a boy. I had a boy in a cage who sang beautifully. Suddenly a weird news story, right? That you might not have thought about before.
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