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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 Shortest English sentence w/ all 26 letters. #68162 04/30/02 02:29 AM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 2 Eastern Canada I int main (void) OP stranger OP int main (void) stranger I Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 2 Eastern Canada Hello all, Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but perhaps someone could steer me in the right direction. There is a sentence, semantically nonsensical but syntactically valid, making use of every letter. It's shorter in length than the ubiquitous "the quick brown fox...", but I can't recall what form it takes. thanks Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Shortest English sentence w/ all 26 letters. #68163 04/30/02 02:52 AM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US S slithy toves enthusiast slithy toves enthusiast S Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US What you are looking for is called a pangram. You might want to check out this website: http://puzzles.about.com/library/weekly/aa000228.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Shortest English sentence w/ all 26 letters. #68164 04/30/02 03:30 AM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 477 Sydney, Australia H hev addict hev addict H Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 477 Sydney, Australia WELCOME int main (void)! I feel I should be asking this question in my Professor Juliius Sumner Miller voice "Why is this so?" That is, why are you void? What's going on? I hope you're not void, cos I'm sure you've got lots more good things to discuss here. Glad you're aBoard. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Shortest English sentence w/ all 26 letters. #68165 04/30/02 04:35 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... What one word contains all 26 letters? some folks should know this The Only WO'N! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Shortest English sentence w/ all 26 letters. #68166 04/30/02 05:09 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia D doc_comfort addict doc_comfort addict D Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia What one word contains all 26 letters? Alphabet? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Shortest English sentence w/ all 26 letters. #68167 04/30/02 11:19 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 B Bean old hand Bean old hand B Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 Welcome aBoard, int main(void)! Good to see another Canadian on Board. You join the illustrious ranks of belMarduk (from Montreal) and Rouspeteur (Ottawa) and me (Newfoundland)! (and sorry, in advance, if I missed any other Canadian posters here...just doing this off the top of my head...) I don't really have an answer to your question, though. And hev - it looks like C code - maybe - but the syntax doesn't quite make sense to me - then again the software I use is from 1989 so I'm just a WEE bit outdated! (Oh well, whatever works!) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Shortest English sentence w/ all 26 letters. #68168 04/30/02 01:10 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 1.The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog & other pangrams ... black quartz judge my vow. Squdgy fez, blank jimp crwth vox! The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog. Prized waxy jonquils choke big farm vats. A quick brown ... http://www.navvy.com/pdds/pangram.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Bzzzt! Nit pick alert #68169 04/30/02 01:22 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Alphabet The word does not contain all twenty-six letters; the thing to which the word refers does. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Bzzzt! Nit pick alert #68170 04/30/02 02:09 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Nit pick alert I say, I say...it's just an old joke, son! (well, "enigma", really) Enigma (from The Boys Own Book, 1829): A word of three syllables seek till you find, That has in it the twenty-four letters combin'd. Answer: Alphabet. More riddles here: http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=wordplay&Number=32709 The Only WO'N! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Shortest English sentence w/ all 26 letters. #68171 04/30/02 03:53 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 200 A AphonicRants enthusiast AphonicRants enthusiast A Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 200 Quick-wafting zephyrs vex bold Jim. (29 letters total) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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