What is a pangram? It's a sentence that contains every letter of the English alphabet at least once. The most well-known pangram is "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." It consists of nine words and a total of 35 letters, which is slightly longer than other pangrams. However, due to its simplicity and clarity, it is often used for typing practice and to test fonts and computer keyboard layouts. The origin of this expression can be traced back to February 9, 1885 in The Boston Journal where it appeared as "A quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." in an article recommending it as a practice sentence for writing students. In June of 1885, a similar version appeared in The Mainland Mercury newspaper. The earliest known use of the phrase beginning with "The" can be traced to 1888 in the book Illustrative Shorthand by Linda Bronson and in newspapers such as The Queenslander.
The word "pangram" is derived from the Greek root words "pan," meaning "all," and "gram," which is defined as "something written or recorded." A perfect pangram is a sentence that contains each letter of the English alphabet only once. Therefore, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." is not a perfect pangram. It is, however the most popular pangram. There are, of course, others. Here are some examples:
"Quick zephyrs blow, vexing daft Jim."
"Mr. Jock, TV quiz PhD bags few lynx," is a perfect pangram, using only the 26 letters of the English alphabet. Perfect pangrams are extremely rare.
"Six big devils from Japan quickly forgot how to waltz."
"Farmer Jack realized that big yellow quilts were expensive."
"Amazingly, few discotheques provide jukeboxes."
- Joanne
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