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    What is the name given to a phrase that uses all the letters of the alphabet as in 'the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog'?

    Question #128468. Asked by Jennifer5. (Dec 18 12 6:13 AM)


    pmarney

    		An English language pangram

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_quick_brown_fox_jumps_over_the_lazy_dog

    Dec 18 12, 6:15 AM
    euab

    		A popular sentence that uses all the letters in the english alphabet, a phrase called a panagram. Due to its shortness and coherence, it has become widely known and is often used in visual arts.
    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=The%20quick%20brown%20fox%20jumps%20over%20the%20lazy%20dog

    This sentence is a pangram, or holoalphabetic sentence, using all the letters of the alphabet. However, many other pangrams exist, so it is not unique in that sense.
    examples: Waltz, bad nymph, for quick jigs vex!
    Wafting zephyrs quickly vexed Jumbo. Although, purists will say that true pangrams should not contain proper nouns like the name Jumbo.
    http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_the_sentence_%27The_quick_brown_fox_jumps_over_the_lazy_dog%27_have_that_no_other_sentence_has

    Dec 18 12, 9:35 AM

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