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91 | Posted on 04/04/04 at 01:29:54 In the match speed section in the options menu, when you ask to demonstrate the current speed, you get the sentence "The quick red fox jumps over the lazy dog". Shouldn't that be a brown fox? I'm sorry, I'll go home now. |
Pulsar | Posted on 04/04/04 at 05:14:37 No, it's lazy... The reason is that old typewriters used this sentence to check all the letters. Lazy used the y and z. |
rgarrard | Posted on 04/04/04 at 08:40:42 Yes it should be "brown fox" and "lazy dog". I wonder if red fox is referring to Redd Foxx of Sanford and Son? ;) |
91 | Posted on 04/04/04 at 17:30:38On 04/04/04 at 05:14:37, Pulsar wrote:No, it's lazy...I think you mis-read what I wrote there. |
Pulsar | Posted on 04/04/04 at 20:15:44 Yep, well, I then realized I was stupid.LOL. Oh well, back to watching the grass grow |
StoneC0ld | Posted on 04/06/04 at 09:35:05On 04/04/04 at 01:29:54, 91 wrote:In the match speed section in the options menu, when you ask to demonstrate the current speed, you get the sentence "The quick red fox jumps over the lazy dog". Shouldn't that be a brown fox?The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs. That's pretty much how I know it.... No W or B in the quoted version..... ;) |
91 | Posted on 04/06/04 at 16:42:36On 04/06/04 at 09:35:05, StoneC0ld wrote:'jumps over the lazy dog' is two letters shorter. Of course, if Oliver REALLY wanted a short sentence to go with, he could have gone with 'Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz'. Or for one with no recurring letters, 'Mr. Jock, TV quiz Ph.D., bags few lynx'. |
TecmoNick | Posted on 04/07/04 at 03:06:24On 04/06/04 at 16:42:36, 91 wrote:How long did you stay up last night figuring those 2 out? |
91 | Posted on 04/07/04 at 18:23:06On 04/07/04 at 03:06:24, TecmoNick wrote:I knew the first one off the top of my head, the second I just did a Google for Pangrams to get. |
John Proulx | Posted on 04/07/04 at 19:20:46 I also recall reading about a newspaper headline: "Quartz Glyph Job Vex'd CWM Finks" ...that fit the criteria :) . |
Oliver Copp | Posted on 04/09/04 at 10:24:04On 04/04/04 at 08:40:42, rgarrard wrote:Yes it should be "brown fox" and "lazy dog". I wonder if red fox is referring to Redd Foxx of Sanford and Son? ;)Actually, it was an honest mistake. I could have just as well put "blind text" in there *g* |