{"id":2347,"date":"2019-10-25T13:38:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T13:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/?p=2347"},"modified":"2024-04-20T22:43:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T22:43:51","slug":"fun-facts-28-pangram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/blog\/2019\/10\/25\/fun-facts-28-pangram\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Facts About English #28 &#8211; Pangrams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Store\/Donalds-English-Classroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"702\" width=\"702\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/028.jpg?resize=702%2C702&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kinney Brothers Publishing Fun Facts About English 28\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The word &#8220;pangram&#8221; comes from the Greek&nbsp;root words&nbsp;<em>pan<\/em>, meaning &#8220;all,&#8221; and <em>gram<\/em>, meaning &#8220;something written or recorded.&#8221;  A&nbsp;pangram&nbsp;is also known as a <em>holoalphabetic sentence<\/em> or <em>alphabet sentence<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because pangrams contain every letter of the alphabet, they are particularly useful for artists who design fonts.  Calligraphers will use a pangram to display all the letters in a given typeset or when trying a new pen tip.  A humorous and easily-remembered pangram is also enjoyable for children learning the alphabet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;words&nbsp;in a &#8220;perfect&#8221; pangram (one in which each letter appears only once) are sometimes called&nbsp;<em>non-pattern words<\/em> or <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Appendix:English_isograms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">isograms<\/a><\/em>.  In such cases, sense often deteriorates proportionately with brevity and abbreviations are necessary to achieve the 26-letter goal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Mr. Jock, TV quiz PhD., bags few lynx.<\/li><li>GQ&#8217;s oft lucky whiz Dr. J, ex-NBA MVP<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Without the restrictions of <a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/logological\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">logological<\/a> perfection, here are some creative pangrams, from shortest to longest, to replace the standard 33-letter jumping fox and lazy dog:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Glib jocks quiz nymph to vex dwarf. (27 letters)<\/li><li>Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow. (29 letters)<\/li><li>How vexingly quick daft zebras jump! (30 letters)<\/li><li>Two driven jocks help fax my big quiz. (30 letters)<\/li><li>The five boxing wizards jump quickly. (31 letters)<\/li><li>Go, lazy fat vixen; be shrewd, jump quick. (31 letters)<\/li><li>Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. (32 letters)<\/li><li>When zombies arrive, quickly fax Judge Pat. (35 letters)<\/li><li>Sympathizing would fix Quaker objectives. (36 letters)<\/li><li>Watch &#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221;, Alex Trebek&#8217;s fun TV quiz game. (37 letters)<\/li><li>Amazingly few discotheques provide jukeboxes. (40 letters)<\/li><li>By Jove, my quick study of lexicography won a prize! (41 letters)<\/li><li>My girl wove six dozen plaid jackets before she quit. (43 letters)<\/li><li>Fred specialized in the job of making very quaint wax toys. (48 letters)<\/li><li>Farmer Jack realized that big yellow quilts were expensive. (50 letters)<\/li><li>Brown jars prevented the mixture from freezing too quickly. (50 letters)<\/li><li>Intoxicated Queen Elizabeth vows Mick Jagger is perfection. (51 letters)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Interested in more linguistic fun?  Check out these posts about <a href=\"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/blog\/2019\/11\/01\/fun-facts-29-ambigram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ambigrams<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/blog\/2020\/09\/11\/fun-facts-70-palindrome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">palindromes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/blog\/2020\/03\/20\/fun-facts-49-portmanteau\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">portmanteaux<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/blog\/2020\/06\/05\/fun-facts-56-mondegreen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mondegreens<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\">See the <a href=\"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/blog\/2019\/10\/19\/fun-facts-about-english-27\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">previous<\/a><strong> <\/strong>or <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/blog\/2019\/11\/01\/fun-facts-about-english-29\/\" target=\"_blank\">next<\/a> <strong>Fun Facts About English<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Store\/Donalds-English-Classroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HEADER_GIF.gif?w=702&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Donald's English Classroom\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A solid <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/books-esl-textbooks-kinney-brothers-publishing.html\" target=\"_blank\">phonics program<\/a> is vital when teaching young ESL students to read!  From pre-k through elementary, Kinney Brothers Publishing offers you a complete phonics reading and writing program that includes phonics-centered activities,  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Store\/Donalds-English-Classroom\/Category\/ESL-Flash-Cards-13381\" target=\"_blank\">flash cards<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Store\/Donalds-English-Classroom\/Category\/ESL-Games-Activities-13454\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">games<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The word &#8220;pangram&#8221; comes from the Greek&nbsp;root words&nbsp;pan, meaning &#8220;all,&#8221; and gram, meaning &#8220;something written or recorded.&#8221; A&nbsp;pangram&nbsp;is also known as a holoalphabetic sentence or alphabet sentence. Because pangrams contain every letter of the alphabet, they are particularly useful for artists who design fonts. Calligraphers will use a pangram to display all the letters in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[94],"tags":[1438,1437,1435,20,1436,96,1434,883,11,1433,1439,734,134,1402,1440],"class_list":{"0":"post-2347","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fun-facts-about-english","8":"tag-alphabet-sentence","9":"tag-calligraphy","10":"tag-creative-writing","11":"tag-donalds-english-classroom","12":"tag-font-design","13":"tag-fun-facts-about-english","14":"tag-holoalphabetic-sentence","15":"tag-isogram","16":"tag-kinney-brothers-publishing","17":"tag-language-art","18":"tag-letter-composition","19":"tag-linguistic-creativity","20":"tag-pangram","21":"tag-typography","22":"tag-wordplay","23":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/028.jpg?fit=1252%2C1252&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8GlQB-BR","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2347"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11076,"href":"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347\/revisions\/11076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}