Pangram game - Socoder

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Socoder -> Off Topic -> Pangram game
Sat, 29 Nov 2008, 16:01
Phoenix	Being a bit bored, I browsed Wikipedia and eventually ended up on a page about pangrams. For those of you who can't be arsed to click the link, a pangram is a phrase which contains every letter of the alphabet. Since I'm the type who likes brain exercise I wanted to come up with my own phrase, as short as possible. And then I thought that this could be a fun game to play here -- who can come up with the shortest pangram? It would be useful training for all of you who like Family Guy, use Internet Explorer, drink Pepsi or do any other less intelligent things. Rules are as follows: Don't blatantly rip off existing pangrams. It's okay to use a few words from existing pangrams, but try to be creative. The phrase must be a complete and gramatically correct sentence, in English. It doesn't have to make any sense though meaning-wise. Only letters are counted, not punctation and spaces. You are allowed to use the same letter more than once, but you should avoid it since it makes the phrase longer. Not duplicating letters at all, however, is impossible as far as I know. Abbreviations are not allowed. No names. Not even Jack, or London. Here's a tiny program I wrote to help your thinking: Pangram (67k). The winner gets an imaginative pat on the back from me. That, I can tell you, is a tremendous honor.
Sat, 29 Nov 2008, 16:17
Afr0	There is an ok cat in my windowsill, looking at the Zebras in my garden with blank eyes and wet fur, said John V. Xembraq. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ (Note: I don't, off the top of my head at least, know any English words with q in them. I'm also not an expert in English last names, so I made something up) Edit: Edited the sentence slightly to inlude k. -=-=- Afr0 Games Project Dollhouse on Github - Please fork!
Sat, 29 Nov 2008, 16:18
Phoenix	First attempt: "A quetzal yawns back at five, jinxed, morphed dogs" 40 characters. \|edit\| Nice attempt, Afr0 John V. Xembraq is a bit dodgy though. \|edit\| \|edit\| Updated rules to not allow names. \|edit\|
Sat, 29 Nov 2008, 16:48
Afr0	Hey! You can't add that rule when I already used a name! -=-=- Afr0 Games Project Dollhouse on Github - Please fork!
Sat, 29 Nov 2008, 16:53
Phoenix	Alright, I'll allow that phrase to use names Just because you didn't know at the time. 39 characters: "Such a glad, opaque, mixed ritz a fake wyvern jabs." \|edit\| Okay, so that sentence might be a bit dodgy as well... \|edit\| \|edit\| Another non-sensical and barely allowed one: "Geez, a shiny, calm, favourite jukebox warps qi". 37 characters. I could sit with this stuff for a week without getting bored. \|edit\|
Sat, 29 Nov 2008, 17:33
Stealth	The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Totally original, I swear. It would be useful training for all of you who like Family Guy, use Internet Explorer, drink Pepsi or do any other less intelligent things. Uh, wtf? -=-=- Quit posting and try Google.
Sat, 29 Nov 2008, 17:37
Jayenkai	"Who can come up with the shortest pangram?" sigh I was half asleep when I read that as "Program"... ffs.. Now I'm even more tired, and all I can get out of it is bizarre garbled words like GEST AMBO DEVIL UDDER FOXY CAIN KAPA QUIZ HADJI WABS NICELY STORAX BUHL FLAP DAWK ZYME VAGI QAID JABS GOAD KITER JAIL UVEA NEWS CALYX BAHT FACE MAPS ZAGS QAID VAIL ECRU GENS YAFF BALM WHORED PATE JAZZ XYST KAAS QAID MOAS KANA LAVABO PACA TAXA FOGEYS URBS DABS WICH ZAGS JABS QAID --v FFS, Enough with the Qaid Jabbing!!! .. I'm off to bed! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Sun, 30 Nov 2008, 04:52
Phoenix	Squeezed another letter, down to 36: "Queue civil, lazy kegs. Banjax with mad proof."
Sun, 30 Nov 2008, 05:05
HoboBen	The zany, jolly, proud Queen can axe two hundred bad, vain Mafia Kings. 55 letters. In my defence, I'm almost asleep! -=-=- blog \| work \| code \| more code
Sun, 30 Nov 2008, 09:45
JL235	I have one: "Today I learnt the alphabet, it goes: abcdefg, hijk-lmnop. Qrstuvw, xyz!"
Sun, 30 Nov 2008, 13:34
Phoenix	It's hard, but possible. 45 gives you a second place, though
Sun, 30 Nov 2008, 13:58
Phoenix	I actually have 33 but it's a rather obscene sentence \|edit\| Wait a minute -- that's a Russian word! You're supposed to write in English. \|edit\|