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  • S [email protected]

    In Sweden we use this weird old sentence:

    "Flygande bäckasiner söka hwila på mjuka tuvor",

    It doesn't even contian all letters, so you have to add "QXZ" to the end to complete the test....

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    damn, the sentence had one job

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    • spicehoarder@lemmy.zipS [email protected]

      Hi, it's me, your Gothic Demon

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      🤣😏🤘🏾

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      • S [email protected]

        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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        I checked the same Wiki and I think no one can beat Finland's one-word pangram: Törkylempijävongahdus ("the more you think, the more you'll be able to do it")

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        • F [email protected]

          In France, we have "Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume" ("Bring that old whiskey to the blond smoking judge") and I find it really... french since we manage to put alcohol and tobacco in an alexandrine just to make a pangram.

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          #43

          It's an imperfect one as it's missing all the accented characters. Given the state of some fonts, you really want to test those, especially upper case ones.

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          • spicehoarder@lemmy.zipS [email protected]

            Hi, it's me, your Gothic Demon

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            So just for posterity how many times do I have to say it before it works?

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              "Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz."
              ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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              • ivanafterall@lemmy.worldI [email protected]

                "Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz."
                ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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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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                  You're missing out. Foxes are great.

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                    The hungry purple dinosaur ate the kind, zingy fox, the jabbering crab, and the mad whale and started vending and quacking.

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                      It's easier to remember?

                      I mean, I'm not going to discount the cool factor of the alternative, but I already forget what it is. Meanwhile the quick brown fox has been stuck in my head for years after only hearing of it a couple of times at most.

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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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                        How in touch are you with your gooseself?

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                        • redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.comR [email protected]

                          contains all the 27 letters of the english alphabet: a-z and '

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                          But where's the love?

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

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                            My sphinx of black quartz brings all the jackdaws to the yard

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                            • K [email protected]

                              I checked the same Wiki and I think no one can beat Finland's one-word pangram: Törkylempijävongahdus ("the more you think, the more you'll be able to do it")

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                              That translation is way off, it would be more like "the yelp of a trashy lover".

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                                That translation is way off, it would be more like "the yelp of a trashy lover".

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                                Cool, thanks! I wonder where Google Translate got the other idea from.

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                                • Z [email protected]

                                  I said that phrase and summoned a Gothic Demon

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                                  I tried this, Odin is throwing rocks at me now. If I try to kill him do I go to Valhalla or Hel?

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                                    qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm is my favorite word

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                                    • M [email protected]

                                      It's easier to remember?

                                      I mean, I'm not going to discount the cool factor of the alternative, but I already forget what it is. Meanwhile the quick brown fox has been stuck in my head for years after only hearing of it a couple of times at most.

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                                      Not me. I can never remember it. Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow feels like a declaration a wizard would make with his dying breath. I don't think I'll forget it soon.

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                                        It doesn't have the same flow.

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                                          You missed an S

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