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From: kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz (Paul J. Kriha)
Subject: Re: Word-game type questions
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stevemac@bud.indirect.com (Pascal MacProgrammer) wrote:
>Not so very long ago, tim@kuc01.kuniv.edu.kw said...
>>Four "sentences" using all 26 letters, each of them once only (not mine, of
>>course.  Sorry I can't cite the source(s)):
>>
>>Mr. Jock, TV quiz PhD, bags few lynx.
>>
>>Few mock quartz glyph's BVD jinx.
>>
>>TV quiz drag nymph blew Cox, JFK.
>>
>>XV quick nymphs beg fjord waltz.
>
>  Don't forget:
>
>    Cwm, fjord-bank glyphs vext quiz.
>
>  This one uses each consonant once each, and duplicates only vowels:
>
>    Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.
>
>--

This one used to be used by the Telegraph/Telex engineers to test all
letters:

the quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.

Paul JK
