...the following is the shortest English sentence to include all letters of the alphabet:
Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz.
Almost sounds dirty.
Posted by Jennifer at February 23, 2004 07:51 AMAs an expert in things that sound dirty, I'd have to say that there's no "almost" about it.
Posted by: Harvey at February 23, 2004 08:58 AMI believe it is:
"The quick, brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."
Posted by: dave at February 23, 2004 09:42 AMDave, it's "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" - jumps, not jumped; otherwise there's no "s."
Ah, the joys of typing class.
Posted by: Linus at February 23, 2004 10:16 AMCouldn't come up with a shorter sentence, but I know "Sequoia" is the shortest word with all the vowels!
Posted by: Tuning Spork at February 24, 2004 01:51 AMand facetious has all the vowles in order...
Posted by: Pete at February 24, 2004 07:35 PMFacetiously and abstemiously have ALL the vowels in order, even the optional one!
Posted by: Linus at February 25, 2004 01:06 PM