Weekly Classic Computer Trivia Question (20150105)

[js at cimmeri.com]

Why would you use the same phrase when 
your spelling is different?  Why not 
invent your own which includes all 
letters of the Roman alphabet?

- J.

On 1/4/2015 12:11 PM, Alexandre Souza 
wrote:
> In Brazil we use the same phrase...
>
> enviado do meu telemovel
> Em 04/01/2015 14:57, "Sean Caron"<scaron at umich.edu>  escreveu:
>
>> Chalk me up as a +1 to Rick's answer. But Pontus' question now has me
>> wondering, are there canonical equivalent phrases to this in other
>> languages and keyboard layouts? European readers please share!
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Sean
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 11:34 AM, Pontus Pihlgren<pontus at update.uu.se>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, Jan 04, 2015 at 08:20:25AM -0800, Rick Bensene wrote:
>>>>> What is the significance of the phrase:
>>>>>
>>>>> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
>>>>>
>>>> The sentence contains all of the letters of the alphabet
>>> It's nice and all but it lacks a few letters.
>>>
>>> "Flygande bäckasiner söka hwila på mjuka tuvor (qxz)"
>>>
>>> /P
>>>
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