Tom MaxwellNov 22, 2023
I heartily agree.
#SphinxOfBlackQuartz #JudgeMyVow
Show threadTom Maxwell
I’ve learned much as a result of posting this. First, it’s “jumps,” not “jumped.” Noted!
Second, all pangrams are a delight — behold this #Czech gem (courtesy @samweingamgee):
Nechť již hříšné saxofony ďáblů rozezvučí síň úděsnými tóny waltzu, tanga a quickstepu. ("May the sinful saxophones of devils echo through the hall with dreadful melodies of waltz, tango, and quickstep"), a magnificent analog to @evannakita ‘s offering “Waltz, bad nymph, for quick jigs vex!”
What’s your favorite #pangram?
Nov 23, 2023 at 12:56pmWeb
Show threadLukas VFN 🇪🇺Nov 23, 2023
@tommyyum @samweingamgee @evannakita There's also this one for a full set of Czech letters with accents: Příliš žluťoučký kůň úpěl ďábelské ódy / Too yellowish horse moaned devilish odes.
Show threadTom MaxwellNov 23, 2023
@animalculum @samweingamgee @evannakita Damn. What an evocative language.
Show threadPetr ViktorinNov 24, 2023
@tommyyum @animalculum @samweingamgee @evannakita Until you learn the language you can't fully appreciate how endearing the horse's yellowness is :)
Anyway, as someone who learned English consciously, I can see how the fox and dog beat the words that -- cool as they are -- you'd learn from this particular pangram.
Show threadPatrick O'BeirneNov 23, 2023

@tommyyum @samweingamgee @evannakita

Cwm, fjord-bank glyphs vext quiz.

The strange symbols on the banks of a fjord in a valley puzzled the curious character.

Show threadDavid NashJan 25, 2024

@tommyyum @samweingamgee @evannakita

I’ve got two.

One, from a puzzle magazine years ago. Not super efficient (more duplicated letters than some), but almost completely natural sounding: “Amazingly few discotheques provide jukeboxes.”

And another, one of the each-letter-just-once variety, all of which are pretty tortured: “Zing! Vext cwm fly jabs Kurd qoph”. (Zing! An annoyed fly from a Welsh valley stings a Semitic-alphabet letter written by a Kurd.)