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PANGRAMS © Seomra Ranga 2016 www. seomraranga. com
A pangram is a sentence that uses every letter of the alphabet at least once. © Seomra Ranga 2016 www. seomraranga. com
The word pangram comes from the Greek for “all letters”. (pan = All; grámma = Letter) © Seomra Ranga 2016 www. seomraranga. com
A person that studies pangrams is known as a Pangramist. © Seomra Ranga 2016 www. seomraranga. com
Pangramists are always searching for the “perfect pangram” – a sentence with only 26 letters. © Seomra Ranga 2016 www. seomraranga. com
Most “perfect pangrams” don’t really make sense – they are usually just a collection of words. © Seomra Ranga 2016 www. seomraranga. com
An example of a “perfect pangram” is: “Mr. Jock, TV quiz Ph. D, bags few lynx”. © Seomra Ranga 2016 www. seomraranga. com
Another is: “Blowzy nightfrumps vex'd Jack Q”. © Seomra Ranga 2016 www. seomraranga. com
A “typographer” is a person who works on setting and arranging fonts for typing and printing. © Seomra Ranga 2016 www. seomraranga. com
Typographers like pangrams as they show an example of what every letter will look like in a new font. © Seomra Ranga 2016 www. seomraranga. com
Typing Tutors also like pangrams as they require students to use every letter on the keyboard. © Seomra Ranga 2016 www. seomraranga. com
The following pages contain lots more examples of pangrams of varying length. © Seomra Ranga 2016 www. seomraranga. com
Quick wafting zephyrs vex bold Jim. © Seomra Ranga 2016 www. seomraranga. com
The five boxing wizards jump quickly. © Seomra Ranga 2016 www. seomraranga. com
Jackdaws love my sphinx of black quartz. © Seomra Ranga 2016 www. seomraranga. com
The five boxing wizards jumped quickly. © Seomra Ranga 2016 www. seomraranga. com
Five big quacking zephyrs jolt my wax bed. © Seomra Ranga 2016 www. seomraranga. com
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. © Seomra Ranga 2016 www. seomraranga. com
How quickly daft jumping zebras vex. © Seomra Ranga 2016 www. seomraranga. com
Sphinx of black quartz: judge my vow. © Seomra Ranga 2016 www. seomraranga. com
Jump by vow of quick, lazy strength in Oxford. © Seomra Ranga 2016 www. seomraranga. com
Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. © Seomra Ranga 2016 www. seomraranga. com
Waltz, nymph, for quick jigs vex bud. © Seomra Ranga 2016 www. seomraranga. com
Crazy Fredrick bought many very exquisite opal jewels. © Seomra Ranga 2016 www. seomraranga. com
Now see if you can create a good pangram of your own by following these basic rules: © Seomra Ranga 2016 www. seomraranga. com
Rules 1. It is as short as possible. 2. It makes sense © Seomra Ranga 2016 www. seomraranga. com
