01 Feb 07
Originally posted by wittywonkacwm fjord bank glyphs vext quiz*
Who can think of the [b]shortest possible, grammatically correct which contains every letter of the alphabet?[/b]
is the accepted shortest pangram, isn't it?
* Carved figures in a mountain hollow and on the bank of a fjord irritated an eccentric.
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04 Feb 07
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Originally posted by ArnoldSidewaysit may be gramatically correct but you're missing the t and the h! also, when have you ever heard this sentence spoken in conversation.... has a fox ever really jumped over a lazy dog... why would it... a fox is cunning, he would just walk round the lazy dog, what the point in jumping over him, why does the fox have to be quick, the dog is lazy, the dog's not gonna catch him, i dont get it
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog ?
Surely "A quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" is shorter yet still gramatically correct.
"Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs" is the shortest I know of.
06 Feb 07
Originally posted by eatmybishopmissing t and h ?
it may be gramatically correct but you're missing the t and the h! also, when have you ever heard this sentence spoken in conversation.... has a fox ever really jumped over a lazy dog... why would it... a fox is cunning, he would just walk round the lazy dog, what the point in jumping over him, why does the fox have to be quick, the dog is lazy, the dog's not gonna catch him, i dont get it
look a bit better