Pangram Blog

Posted by Alex in Blog & Internet, Book & Lit on April 1, 2008 at 6:00 pm


What do these sentences have in common?

"I noticed his glazed pompadour had acquired a killer swoop; a foxy wave befitting a jester."

"Strike with prejudice against laziness, that quixotic devil procrastination—but maybe tomorrow."

"Coitus interruptus—often exactly at the wrong moment, quite bedeviling kenetic zest—just happens."

Neatorama reader Ryan Hagen explains:

I’ve been fascinated for a while now by Pangrams,
sentences which contain each letter of the alphabet at least once (the most
famous one of course is "the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog"). A few
weeks ago, as a challenge to myself, I started writing one pangram every
morning, and have been so captivated by the process that I find I can’t stop.

So I started this blog, Pangramaday, to showcase the best of them.

Link – Thanks Ryan! (BTW, the illustration is from The Liner by John Ralston, whom we’ve covered before here on Neatorama)


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18 comments to "Pangram Blog"

  1. jessleigh
    April 1st, 2008 at 6:07 pm

    I wonder if they read Ella Minnow Pea ?
    HURRY - go read about it! The plot revolves around a pangram

  2. xander
    April 1st, 2008 at 6:24 pm

    Ella Minnow Pea...that's rich!

  3. xander
    April 1st, 2008 at 6:26 pm

    Intersting! look up "lipogram."

  4. Nate
    April 1st, 2008 at 6:33 pm

    "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" is missing the letter 's'.

  5. CheeseDuck
    April 1st, 2008 at 6:37 pm

    Hilarious! :D Employ a kind of existential judo when grave consequences blizzard you!

  6. Alex
    April 1st, 2008 at 7:12 pm

    I think it should've been in present tense "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"

  7. Sidd
    April 1st, 2008 at 7:56 pm

    The quick brown fox jumpS over the lazy dog

  8. daggerphish
    April 1st, 2008 at 10:26 pm

    im surprised no one has tried to do a pangram face off..

  9. Barbwire
    April 1st, 2008 at 11:00 pm

    Darn. I'm too late. It's "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." I must say, it seems a less contrived sentence than some of the other examples.

  10. Monica
    April 2nd, 2008 at 4:10 am

    Maybe the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogS...they like to go around in packs y'know :P

  11. luke
    April 2nd, 2008 at 7:03 am

    Hey I have one.

    The letters of the alphabet are ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

    What do you think?

  12. SonOfMagicFact
    April 2nd, 2008 at 10:23 am

    Luke, you've just earned yourself a high five.

    *High Five!*

  13. AnUnSi
    April 2nd, 2008 at 1:34 pm

    I'm going to give you the three shortest known pangrams. However, these require permission to use "proper nouns," such as people's names:

    BRONZE MEDAL (29 letters:)
    "Quick wafting zephyrs vex bold Jim."

    SILVER MEDAL (28 letters:)
    "Waltz, nymph, for quick jigs vex Bud."

    GOLD MEDAL (26 letters:)
    "J. Q. Schwartz flung D. V. Pike my box."

  14. Cindy
    April 2nd, 2008 at 3:40 pm

    wow...someone has way to much time on their hands

  15. Steerpike
    April 2nd, 2008 at 10:40 pm

    "The Quick Brown Fox..." sentence is also missing a "V"

  16. Sofar
    April 2nd, 2008 at 11:09 pm

    I got a 29-letter one for you,

    "Sphinx of Black Quartz judge my vow."

  17. Schm3cky
    April 3rd, 2008 at 5:19 pm

    I think it must be "The qvuick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"

  18. Willo the Wisp
    April 4th, 2008 at 4:52 am

    Steerpike, there's a v in "over".


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