Alphabet
The magic alphabet, the mysterious hieroglyph, come[s] to us only in an incomplete and garbled form, garbled either by the passage of time or by those with a vested interest in our ignorance; should we retrieve the letter which has been lost or the sign which has been effaced, should we reconstruct the dissonant scale, we shall regain our authority in the world of the mind.(Gérard de Nerval (quoted by Paul Eluard, Poésie involontaire et poésie intentionnelle (quoted in Metagraphs to Georges Perec, A Void (trans. Gilbert Adair))))
"Poésie involontaire" is all over the place; I'm sure the Oulipo would have been thrilled by Danny's haiku discoverer, and much else computers have done for our understanding and enjoyment of language.
