A quick brown fox illustrates the best-known English pangram by jumping over a lazy dog. "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" is a 35-letter pangram (a phrase that uses all the letters of the alphabet) that has been used to test typewriters and computer keyboards because it is nicely coherent and short. It was known in the late 19th century, and used in Baden-Powell's book Scouting for Boys (1908) as a practice sentence for signalling.[1] In later years, the phrase was popularized by Western Union and the Telephone Company to test Telex/TWX data communication equipment for accuracy and reliability. It was often used for testing the teletype services (a procedure known as "foxing") when these machines were still used.[citation needed] Image File history File links Merge-arrow. ...
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Mechanical desktop typewriters, such as this Underwood Five, were long time standards of government agencies, newsrooms, and sales offices. ...
A 104-key PC US English QWERTY keyboard layout The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard layout A standard Hebrew keyboard showing both Hebrew and QWERTY. A computer keyboard is a peripheral partially modelled after the typewriter keyboard. ...
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB (22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941), also known as B-P, was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, and founder of the Scout Movement. ...
Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship Through Woodcraft is the first book on Scouting. ...
Western Union (NYSE: WU) is a financial services and communications company based in the United States. ...
A telephone company (or telco) provides telecommunications services such as telephony and data communications. ...
Telex can refer to more than one thing: For the communications network, see Telegraphy. ...
Telegraphy (from the Greek words tele = far away and grapho = write) is the long distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters, originally over wire. ...
Teletype machines in World War II A teleprinter (teletypewriter, teletype or TTY for TeleTYpe/TeleTYpewriter) is a now largely obsolete electro-mechanical typewriter which can be used to communicate typed messages from point to point through a simple electrical communications channel, often just a pair of wires. ...
 An example of the phrase being used to display fonts. In the age of computers, it is often used as a sample text in font selection contexts. Typing =rand (1, 1) in Microsoft Word 2003 or earlier runs the phrase for the purpose of creating sample sentences and paragraphs, however it is estimated that this relates to the origin of the phrase as a use in testing keyboards. Image File history File links Kfontview. ...
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Please improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. (tagged since August 2007) | | Language | Phrase | Translation | Uses all letters? | | Bulgarian | Под южно дърво, цъфтящо в синьо, бягаше малко пухкаво зайче. | А little fluffy young rabbit ran under a southern tree blooming in blue | yes | | Czech | Příliš žluťoučký kůň úpěl ďábelské ódy. | Too yellow horse moaned devil odes. | no (but uses all characters with diacritic) | | Chinese | 視野無限廣，窗外有藍天 | The view is infinitely wide. There is blue sky outside the window. [2] | no (such a sentence would be impossible; there are literally tens of thousands of Chinese characters.) | | Danish | Quizdeltagerne spiste jordbær med fløde, mens cirkusklovnen Walther spillede på xylofon. | The quiz contestants ate strawberries with cream while Walther the clown was playing the xylophone. | yes | | Dutch | Pa's wijze lynx bezag vroom het fikse aquaduct. | Dad's wise lynx piously regarded the substantial aqueduct. | yes (not including accents) | | Esperanto | Eĥoŝanĝo ĉiuĵaŭde. | Change of echo every thursday. | no (but contains all characters specific to esperanto) | | Finnish | Viekas kettu punaturkki laiskan koiran takaa kurkki. | The cunning red-coated fox peeped from behind the lazy dog. | no | | French | Servez à ce monsieur une bière et des kiwis. | Serve this man with a beer and kiwis. | no | | Voix ambiguë d'un coeur qui au zéphyr préfère les jattes de kiwis | Ambiguous voice of a heart which prefers dishes of kiwis in the breeze [used in Windows XP] | yes, including diacritics except circumflex | | Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume | Bring this old whisky to the blond smoking judge | yes, but no diacritcs | | German | Franz jagt im komplett verwahrlosten Taxi quer durch Bayern. | Franz speeds through Bavaria in a completely dilapidated taxi. [used in Windows XP] | yes (not including umlauts and ß) | | Zwölf Boxkämpfer jagen Viktor quer über den großen Sylter Deich | Twelve boxing fighters drive Viktor over the great Sylt Dike | yes (including umlauts and ß) | | Greek | Θέλει αρετή και τόλμη η ελευθερία. (Ανδρέας Κάλβος) | Liberty requires virtue and mettle. (Andreas Kalvos) | no | | Hebrew | דג סקרן שט לו בים זך אך לפתע פגש חבורה נחמדה שצצה כך. | A curious fish sailed a clear sea, and suddenly found nice company that just popped up. | yes (not including final forms) | | Hungarian | Árvíztűrő tükörfúrógép ÁRVÍZTŰRŐ TÜKÖRFÚRÓGÉP 1234567890 | Floodproof mirror-drilling machine | no (but contains every accented character) | | Az átverés: fiktív, morgó, önző, punk, fúrtfülű. | The bluff: fictive grumbling selfish punk with pierced ear | no (but every of possible vowels in alphabetical order) | | Egy hűtlen vejét fülöncsípő, dühös mexikói úr Wesselényinél mázol Quitóban. | An angry Mexican man, who caught his faithless son-in-law, is painting Wesselényi's house in Quito. | yes | | Italian | Cantami o diva del pelide Achille l'ira funesta. 123456890 | Sing, O Goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus. (Iliad incipit) | no | | Ma la volpe col suo balzo ha raggiunto il quieto Fido. | But the fox, with its jump, reached the calm dog | yes | | Japanese | Windowsでコンピュータの世界が広がります。 1234567890 | The world of computers widens with Windows. | no | | いろはにほへと ちりぬるを わかよたれそ つねならむ うゐのおくやま けふこえて あさきゆめみし ゑひもせす | Even colours and sweet perfume / Will eventually fade / Even our world / Is not eternal / The deep mountains of vanity / Cross them today / And superficial dreams / Shall no longer delude you. (from Iroha-uta) | all non-voiced Hiragana except ん | | Korean | Windows가 지원하는 한글 글꼴 1234567890 | Hangul font supported by Windows 1234567890 | no | | Latvian | Es varu ēst stiklu, tas man nekaitē. | I can eat glass and it doesn't hurt me. | no | | Norwegian (bokmål) | En god stil må først og fremst være klar. Den må være passende. Aristoteles. | A good essay must first and foremost be clear. It must be appropriate. Aristotle. | no | | Portuguese | A rápida raposa castanha salta por cima do cão lento. | The quick brown fox jumps over the slow dog. | no | | Brazilian Portuguese | A ligeira raposa marrom ataca o cão preguiçoso. | The quick brown fox attacks the lazy dog. | no | | Brazilian Portuguese | Zebras caolhas de Java querem passar fax para moças gigantes de New York | Strabic zebras from Java want to pass a fax to giant girls from New York. | yes | | Polish | Pchnąć w tę łódź jeża lub ośm skrzyń fig 1234567890 | Push a hedgehog or eight crates of figs into this boat | yes | | Romanian | Agera vulpe maronie sare peste câinele cel leneş. | The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. | no | | Russian | Съешь ещё этих мягких французских булок, да выпей же чаю | Eat some more of these soft French buns and drink some tea [used in Windows XP] | yes | | А в чащах юга жил бы цитрус? Да, но фальшивый экземпляр. | Would citrus live in wealds of south? Yes, but a bogus specimen. | no (misses "ъ" which was not used in telegraph) | | Sanskrit | संॡअृएता ाऋ ऋऊस्क वाऋऊऌ, इआऋॠ; ओऐस्कऌ ओॡअृ अृॡस्क ॡअृ. | The Gods have graced me with many a plumpwife, this winter; but white pig devours the weak loins of my young. | yes (but is extremely vulgar) | | Serbian (Cyrillic alphabet) | Чешће цeђење мрeжастим џаком побољшава фертилизацију генских хибрида. | More frequent filtering through the reticular bag improves fertilization of genetic hybrids. | yes | | Serbian (Latin alphabet) | Češće ceđenje mrežastim džakom poboljšava fertilizaciju genskih hibrida. | More frequent filtering through the reticular bag improves fertilization of genetic hybrids. | yes | | Slovak | Kŕdeľ ďatľov učí koňa žrať kôru. | A flock of woodpeckers is teaching a horse to nibble on bark. (From Windows) | no | | Kŕdeľ šťastných ďatľov učí pri ústí Váhu mĺkveho koňa obhrýzať kôru a žrať čerstvé mäso. | A flock of happy woodpeckers by the mouth of the river Vah is teaching a silent horse to nibble on bark and feed on fresh meat. (Modified sentence which contains all accents and diacratics.) | yes | | Spanish | El veloz murciélago hindú comía feliz cardillo y kiwi. | The quick Hindu bat was happily eating thistle and kiwi. | no (Both together yes) | | La cigüeña tocaba el saxofón detrás del palenque de paja. | The stork played the sax behind the straw palisade. | no (Both together yes) | | Swedish | Flygande bäckasiner söka strax hwila på mjuka tuvor QZ 1234567890 | Flying snipes soon look to rest on soft grass beds QZ 1234567890 (with obsolete Swedish spelling and grammar) | yes | | Thai | เป็นมนุษย์สุดประเสริฐเลิศคุณค่า กว่าบรรดาฝูงสัตว์เดรัจฉาน จงฝ่าฟันพัฒนาวิชาการ อย่าล้างผลาญฤๅเข่นฆ่าบีฑาใคร ไม่ถือโทษโกรธแช่งซัดฮึดฮัดด่า หัดอภัยเหมือนกีฬาอัชฌาสัย ปฏิบัติประพฤติกฎกำหนดใจ พูดจาให้จ๊ะ ๆ จ๋า ๆ น่าฟังเอยฯ | | yes | | Turkish | Pijamalı hasta, yağız şoföre çabucak güvendi | Patient with pajamas, trusted swarthy driver quickly | yes | This article is about the language. ...
The circumflex ( ˆ ) (often called a caret, a hat or an uppen) is a diacritic mark used in written Greek, French, Dutch, Esperanto, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovak, Vietnamese, Japanese romaji, Welsh, Portuguese, Italian, Afrikaans and other languages, and formerly in Turkish [citation needed]. It received its English name from Latin circumflexus (bent...
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Brazilian Portuguese (Português Brasileiro in Portuguese) is the group of dialects of Portuguese written and spoken by virtually all the 190 million inhabitants of Brazil and by a couple million Brazilian immigrants, mainly in the United States, Portugal, Canada, Japan, and Paraguay. ...
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// ETAOIN SHRDLU (often pronounced et-ee-oin shurd-loo) is the approximate order of frequency of the twelve most commonly used letters in the English language, best known as a nonsense phrase that sometimes appeared in print in the days of hot type publishing due to a custom of Linotype...
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References - ^ Baden-Powell, Robert (1908). Scouting for Boys. London: Pearson.
- ^ The first character of each sentence (視 and 窗) concatenate together to form the official Chinese translation of Windows (Microsoft Windows).
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB (22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941), also known as B-P, was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, and founder of the Scout Movement. ...
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