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    Can you devise a superior sentence? (Don’t have to if you don’t want to)

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    I don't need to, there were several alternatives on Wikipedia:

    1. Yxmördaren Julia Blomqvist på fäktning i Schweiz
    2. Schweiz för lyxfjäder på qvist bakom ugn
    3. FAQ om Schweiz: Klöv du trång pjäxby? - this is an incomprehensible sentence, though it must be said, it does sound Swedish when spoken.
    4. Yxskaftbud, ge vår WC-zonmö IQ-hjälp - this is also incomprehensible, plus the first word seems to be misspelled, it should be "Yxskaftsbud", the missing s makes it hard to pronounce
    5. Gud hjälpe Zorns mö qwickt få byx av - a sentence with old spellings and words, and rather naughty meaning, this sentence also misses the letter V, in the past when w and v could be used interchangeably it would be a proper pangram.
    6. Byxfjärmat föl gick på duvshowen - misses Q and Z, but has the combinations fj and fö, which is very useful to test fonts for Swedish compabillity.
    7. Tjock ges BMW på quiz, hänförd av lyx - one of the best pangrams here, it contains every letter and, even better, is perfectly logical.
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      "Zażółć gęślą jaźń" uses all the diacritics in Polish and was used to test code pages.

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      • D [email protected]

        Jumps not jumped. You are missing an 's' otherwise. I'm amazed how common this mistake is 😁

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        I've seen "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog's back" used to get the s in there.

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        • tkk13909@sopuli.xyzT [email protected]

          This post genuinely inspired me a year ago and now I use that sentence instead of the lazy dog one

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          Doesn’t it miss an f?

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            "Zażółć gęślą jaźń" uses all the diacritics in Polish and was used to test code pages.

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            ů̶͎̱̍̉̄͆ ̸̨̎̃̈́͐́͗̍̊͗̓͛́̕ẅ̸̰̯̗͔́͘0̴̡̯̹̉́̽̊t̸̗͓͓͇̭͖̩̭̪̲͓̖͕̳͈́̌͐͌̅̉́̉́̀͊̑͘͝ ̸̡̛͍͋͊̃̎͌͛̐̃̋͑̚͘̚͝m̵̧̧͚̘̻̰̗̜̺͔͐̍̇̏̽̀͘ͅ8̶͈̣̻̰͎̺̺͎̓͜

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            • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldH [email protected]

              I've never seen a fox in daily life either. Might as well be the same as a sphinx if that's the bar.

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              i think it's more about being words that kids will know.

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                this whole exercise is really meant to exist in schools. like, schools for young kids.

                we're adults arguing about which nursery rhyme is cooler while forgetting that this isn't for us. it needs to be easily understood by children. that's why we use one with only short easy words.

                even the sentence structure of the second one is complicated and hard for a child to remember.

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                  Wait, have you seen a sphinx? That's cool!

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                  In all truth, I've probably seen more sphinxes than foxes. There are literally hundreds of them in Egypt, although they are quite small compared to the one near the pyramids in Giza. They also find their way into museums around the world.

                  I've only seen one or two foxes, in the wild. A few more in zoos, I suppose.

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                    I've seen "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog's back" used to get the s in there.

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                    Inefficient.

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                      erm, it's "jumps" over the lazy dog, not "jumped".

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                        this whole exercise is really meant to exist in schools. like, schools for young kids.

                        we're adults arguing about which nursery rhyme is cooler while forgetting that this isn't for us. it needs to be easily understood by children. that's why we use one with only short easy words.

                        even the sentence structure of the second one is complicated and hard for a child to remember.

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                        i thought it was made to test typewriters.

                        looked it up,

                        it was made to help teachers teach students how to type on keyboards. my bad

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                          Well, jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz. So there.

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                            Daily urban life is very conducive to them, they scavenge bins around my area all the time.

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                            I was about to say this! I've seen more foxes around the centre of Manchester and Sheffield than I have around the farms where I live.

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                              "Zażółć gęślą jaźń" uses all the diacritics in Polish and was used to test code pages.

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                              #29

                              “Yellow the goose self”?

                              I think my translator is hallucinating again

                              Edit: and if not, that’s a dope metalcore band name

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                                “Yellow the goose self”?

                                I think my translator is hallucinating again

                                Edit: and if not, that’s a dope metalcore band name

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                                You translator might be correct considering that in hungarian we have "Árvíztűrő tükörfúrógép", meaning "Flood-proof mirror-drill-machine"

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                                  i thought it was made to test typewriters.

                                  looked it up,

                                  it was made to help teachers teach students how to type on keyboards. my bad

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                                  Fair, though it's also used to show off fonts, and I'll use that second one from now on.

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                                    I said that phrase and summoned a Gothic Demon

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                                    • V [email protected]

                                      “Yellow the goose self”?

                                      I think my translator is hallucinating again

                                      Edit: and if not, that’s a dope metalcore band name

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                                      I don't think the intention of that sentence was anything else than testing the letters and it wasn't really supposed to have any serious meaning.

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                                        I don't need to, there were several alternatives on Wikipedia:

                                        1. Yxmördaren Julia Blomqvist på fäktning i Schweiz
                                        2. Schweiz för lyxfjäder på qvist bakom ugn
                                        3. FAQ om Schweiz: Klöv du trång pjäxby? - this is an incomprehensible sentence, though it must be said, it does sound Swedish when spoken.
                                        4. Yxskaftbud, ge vår WC-zonmö IQ-hjälp - this is also incomprehensible, plus the first word seems to be misspelled, it should be "Yxskaftsbud", the missing s makes it hard to pronounce
                                        5. Gud hjälpe Zorns mö qwickt få byx av - a sentence with old spellings and words, and rather naughty meaning, this sentence also misses the letter V, in the past when w and v could be used interchangeably it would be a proper pangram.
                                        6. Byxfjärmat föl gick på duvshowen - misses Q and Z, but has the combinations fj and fö, which is very useful to test fonts for Swedish compabillity.
                                        7. Tjock ges BMW på quiz, hänförd av lyx - one of the best pangrams here, it contains every letter and, even better, is perfectly logical.
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                                        Just fyi, number 5 isn't missing the letter v, "av".

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                                          I said that phrase and summoned a Gothic Demon

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                                          Hi, it's me, your Gothic Demon

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