OT: French quick brown fox . . .
Aug 28th 2004, 9:02 am
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OT: French quick brown fox . . .
Sorry this is so OT but it has bugged me for ages. What is the
French phrase for testing a typewriter? One that has every letter
of tha alphabet? I half remember one that started "Zoë ma belle
... ". Can anyone help? Thanks.
Phil
French phrase for testing a typewriter? One that has every letter
of tha alphabet? I half remember one that started "Zoë ma belle
... ". Can anyone help? Thanks.
Phil
Aug 28th 2004, 9:24 am
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Re: OT: French quick brown fox . . .
Phil <[email protected]> wrote:
>Sorry this is so OT but it has bugged me for ages. What is the
>French phrase for testing a typewriter? One that has every letter
>of tha alphabet? I half remember one that started "Zoë ma belle
>... ". Can anyone help? Thanks.
Typewriter? What's that?
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>Sorry this is so OT but it has bugged me for ages. What is the
>French phrase for testing a typewriter? One that has every letter
>of tha alphabet? I half remember one that started "Zoë ma belle
>... ". Can anyone help? Thanks.
Typewriter? What's that?
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Aug 28th 2004, 10:33 am
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Re: OT: French quick brown fox . . .
"Padraig Breathnach" wrote
| Typewriter? What's that?
An early form of word processor. Here's one that's had a more comprehensive
upgrade than most - most people regard a bi-colour ribbon as frivolous.
http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/underwood/
Owain
| Typewriter? What's that?
An early form of word processor. Here's one that's had a more comprehensive
upgrade than most - most people regard a bi-colour ribbon as frivolous.
http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/underwood/
Owain
Aug 28th 2004, 12:43 pm
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Re: French quick brown fox . . .
Phil wrote:
> Sorry this is so OT but it has bugged me for ages. What is the
> French phrase for testing a typewriter? One that has every letter
> of tha alphabet? I half remember one that started "Zoë ma belle
> ... ". Can anyone help? Thanks.
Here's the one Windows is using : « Voix ambiguë d'un c½ur qui au zéphyr
préfère les jattes de kiwis »
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Ah ouais, pff pénible, obliger de s'installer devant la TV parce
que les serveurs répondaient plus ... pff :-)
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> Sorry this is so OT but it has bugged me for ages. What is the
> French phrase for testing a typewriter? One that has every letter
> of tha alphabet? I half remember one that started "Zoë ma belle
> ... ". Can anyone help? Thanks.
Here's the one Windows is using : « Voix ambiguë d'un c½ur qui au zéphyr
préfère les jattes de kiwis »
--
2F> les techniciens faisant du télé-travail ont été de la fête
Ah ouais, pff pénible, obliger de s'installer devant la TV parce
que les serveurs répondaient plus ... pff :-)
-+- Brina in GFD - "télévision, télé-travail, du pareil au même" -+-
Aug 29th 2004, 1:23 am
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Re: OT: French quick brown fox . . .
Owain wrote:
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> "Padraig Breathnach" wrote
> | Typewriter? What's that?
>
> An early form of word processor. Here's one that's had a more comprehensive
> upgrade than most - most people regard a bi-colour ribbon as frivolous.
>
> http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/underwood/
>
I love it!
I wish I still had my old Royal - my father used it when he was a reporter.
Sheila
>
> "Padraig Breathnach" wrote
> | Typewriter? What's that?
>
> An early form of word processor. Here's one that's had a more comprehensive
> upgrade than most - most people regard a bi-colour ribbon as frivolous.
>
> http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/underwood/
>
I love it!
I wish I still had my old Royal - my father used it when he was a reporter.
Sheila
Aug 29th 2004, 5:52 am
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Re: French quick brown fox . . .
"Phil" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Sorry this is so OT but it has bugged me for ages. What is the
> French phrase for testing a typewriter? One that has every letter
> of tha alphabet? I half remember one that started "Zoë ma belle
> ... ". Can anyone help? Thanks.
> Phil
http://lynx.isc.org/release/lynx2-8-...uickbrown.html
Russell
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> Sorry this is so OT but it has bugged me for ages. What is the
> French phrase for testing a typewriter? One that has every letter
> of tha alphabet? I half remember one that started "Zoë ma belle
> ... ". Can anyone help? Thanks.
> Phil
http://lynx.isc.org/release/lynx2-8-...uickbrown.html
Russell
Aug 29th 2004, 7:32 am
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Re: French quick brown fox . . .
On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 02:43:42 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, "JL" <[email protected]> arranged
some electrons, so they looked like this :
... Phil wrote:
... > Sorry this is so OT but it has bugged me for ages. What is the
... > French phrase for testing a typewriter? One that has every letter
... > of tha alphabet? I half remember one that started "Zoë ma belle
... > ... ". Can anyone help? Thanks.
...
... Here's the one Windows is using : « Voix ambiguë d'un cœur qui au zéphyr
... préfère les jattes de kiwis »
I must have "le petit juge" somewhere.
some electrons, so they looked like this :
... Phil wrote:
... > Sorry this is so OT but it has bugged me for ages. What is the
... > French phrase for testing a typewriter? One that has every letter
... > of tha alphabet? I half remember one that started "Zoë ma belle
... > ... ". Can anyone help? Thanks.
...
... Here's the one Windows is using : « Voix ambiguë d'un cœur qui au zéphyr
... préfère les jattes de kiwis »
I must have "le petit juge" somewhere.
Aug 29th 2004, 10:15 am
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Re: French quick brown fox . . .
"Phil" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de
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> Sorry this is so OT but it has bugged me for ages. What is the
> French phrase for testing a typewriter? One that has every letter
> of tha alphabet? I half remember one that started "Zoë ma belle
> ... ". Can anyone help? Thanks.
> Phil
The traditional sentence is this :
Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume.
You'll notice that it doesn't actually allow to test accents...
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> Sorry this is so OT but it has bugged me for ages. What is the
> French phrase for testing a typewriter? One that has every letter
> of tha alphabet? I half remember one that started "Zoë ma belle
> ... ". Can anyone help? Thanks.
> Phil
The traditional sentence is this :
Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume.
You'll notice that it doesn't actually allow to test accents...
Aug 29th 2004, 11:12 am
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Re: French quick brown fox . . .
"JX Bardant" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > Sorry this is so OT but it has bugged me for ages. What is the
> > French phrase for testing a typewriter? One that has every letter
> > of tha alphabet? I half remember one that started "Zok ma belle
> > ... ". Can anyone help? Thanks.
> >
> > Phil
> >
> The traditional sentence is this :
> Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume.
> You'll notice that it doesn't actually allow to test accents...
Nor the letters "k" or "z" ! Is kilometre not a French word nor
"zero" nor "zoo"?
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> "Phil" <[email protected]> a icrit dans le message de
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> > Sorry this is so OT but it has bugged me for ages. What is the
> > French phrase for testing a typewriter? One that has every letter
> > of tha alphabet? I half remember one that started "Zok ma belle
> > ... ". Can anyone help? Thanks.
> >
> > Phil
> >
> The traditional sentence is this :
> Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume.
> You'll notice that it doesn't actually allow to test accents...
Nor the letters "k" or "z" ! Is kilometre not a French word nor
"zero" nor "zoo"?
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Potomac, Maryland, USA
Aug 29th 2004, 11:20 am
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Re: French quick brown fox . . .
"James Silverton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "JX Bardant" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > "Phil" <[email protected]> a icrit dans le message
de
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > Sorry this is so OT but it has bugged me for ages. What is the
> > > French phrase for testing a typewriter? One that has every
letter
> > > of tha alphabet? I half remember one that started "Zok ma belle
> > > ... ". Can anyone help? Thanks.
> > >
> > > Phil
> > >
> >
> > The traditional sentence is this :
> > Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume.
> >
> > You'll notice that it doesn't actually allow to test accents...
> Nor the letters "k" or "z" ! Is kilometre not a French word nor
> "zero" nor "zoo"?
Without using foreign words like "whisky", there is a pretty good
French word "wagon".
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> "JX Bardant" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > "Phil" <[email protected]> a icrit dans le message
de
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > Sorry this is so OT but it has bugged me for ages. What is the
> > > French phrase for testing a typewriter? One that has every
letter
> > > of tha alphabet? I half remember one that started "Zok ma belle
> > > ... ". Can anyone help? Thanks.
> > >
> > > Phil
> > >
> >
> > The traditional sentence is this :
> > Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume.
> >
> > You'll notice that it doesn't actually allow to test accents...
> Nor the letters "k" or "z" ! Is kilometre not a French word nor
> "zero" nor "zoo"?
Without using foreign words like "whisky", there is a pretty good
French word "wagon".
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James V. Silverton
Potomac, Maryland, USA
Aug 29th 2004, 11:21 am
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Re: French quick brown fox . . .
"James Silverton" <[email protected]> wrote in news:413262cc$0
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> "JX Bardant" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> "Phil" <[email protected]> a icrit dans le message de
>> news:[email protected]...
>> > Sorry this is so OT but it has bugged me for ages. What is the
>> > French phrase for testing a typewriter? One that has every letter
>> > of tha alphabet? I half remember one that started "Zok ma belle
>> > ... ". Can anyone help? Thanks.
>> >
>> > Phil
>> >
>> The traditional sentence is this :
>> Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume.
>> You'll notice that it doesn't actually allow to test accents...
>
> Nor the letters "k" or "z" ! Is kilometre not a French word nor
> "zero" nor "zoo"?
>
>
excusez moi whisKey PorteZ
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> "JX Bardant" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> "Phil" <[email protected]> a icrit dans le message de
>> news:[email protected]...
>> > Sorry this is so OT but it has bugged me for ages. What is the
>> > French phrase for testing a typewriter? One that has every letter
>> > of tha alphabet? I half remember one that started "Zok ma belle
>> > ... ". Can anyone help? Thanks.
>> >
>> > Phil
>> >
>> The traditional sentence is this :
>> Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume.
>> You'll notice that it doesn't actually allow to test accents...
>
> Nor the letters "k" or "z" ! Is kilometre not a French word nor
> "zero" nor "zoo"?
>
>
excusez moi whisKey PorteZ
Aug 29th 2004, 12:09 pm
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Re: French quick brown fox . . .
On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 19:20:45 -0400, James Silverton wrote:
> Without using foreign words like "whisky", there is a pretty good
> French word "wagon".
Not really a French word, I think. Voiture.
> Without using foreign words like "whisky", there is a pretty good
> French word "wagon".
Not really a French word, I think. Voiture.
Aug 29th 2004, 1:41 pm
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On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 19:12:14 -0400, in rec.travel.europe, "James Silverton"
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
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... "JX Bardant" <[email protected]> wrote in message
... news:[email protected]...
... >
... > "Phil" <[email protected]> a icrit dans le message de
... > news:[email protected]...
... > > Sorry this is so OT but it has bugged me for ages. What is the
... > > French phrase for testing a typewriter? One that has every letter
... > > of tha alphabet? I half remember one that started "Zok ma belle
... > > ... ". Can anyone help? Thanks.
... > >
... > > Phil
... > >
... >
... > The traditional sentence is this :
... > Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume.
... >
... > You'll notice that it doesn't actually allow to test accents...
...
... Nor the letters "k" or "z" ! Is kilometre not a French word nor
... "zero" nor "zoo"?
Kilometre and zoo are Greek words.
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
...
... "JX Bardant" <[email protected]> wrote in message
... news:[email protected]...
... >
... > "Phil" <[email protected]> a icrit dans le message de
... > news:[email protected]...
... > > Sorry this is so OT but it has bugged me for ages. What is the
... > > French phrase for testing a typewriter? One that has every letter
... > > of tha alphabet? I half remember one that started "Zok ma belle
... > > ... ". Can anyone help? Thanks.
... > >
... > > Phil
... > >
... >
... > The traditional sentence is this :
... > Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume.
... >
... > You'll notice that it doesn't actually allow to test accents...
...
... Nor the letters "k" or "z" ! Is kilometre not a French word nor
... "zero" nor "zoo"?
Kilometre and zoo are Greek words.
Aug 29th 2004, 3:14 pm
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"jcoulter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "James Silverton" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> [email protected]:
> >
> > "JX Bardant" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >>
> >> "Phil" <[email protected]> a icrit dans le message
de
> >> news:[email protected]...
> >> > Sorry this is so OT but it has bugged me for ages. What is the
> >> > French phrase for testing a typewriter? One that has every
letter
> >> > of tha alphabet? I half remember one that started "Zok ma belle
> >> > ... ". Can anyone help? Thanks.
> >> >
> >> > Phil
> >> >
> >>
> >> The traditional sentence is this :
> >> Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume.
> >>
> >> You'll notice that it doesn't actually allow to test accents...
> >
> > Nor the letters "k" or "z" ! Is kilometre not a French word nor
> > "zero" nor "zoo"?
> >
> >
> excusez moi whisKey PorteZ
Sorry, missed the "z" in "portez" but "whisky" is certainly a Scottish
word even if familiar to a French speaker. It is very difficult to
maintain that kilometre is not French: who invented the metric system?
Jim.
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> >> "Phil" <[email protected]> a icrit dans le message
de
> >> news:[email protected]...
> >> > Sorry this is so OT but it has bugged me for ages. What is the
> >> > French phrase for testing a typewriter? One that has every
letter
> >> > of tha alphabet? I half remember one that started "Zok ma belle
> >> > ... ". Can anyone help? Thanks.
> >> >
> >> > Phil
> >> >
> >>
> >> The traditional sentence is this :
> >> Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume.
> >>
> >> You'll notice that it doesn't actually allow to test accents...
> >
> > Nor the letters "k" or "z" ! Is kilometre not a French word nor
> > "zero" nor "zoo"?
> >
> >
> excusez moi whisKey PorteZ
Sorry, missed the "z" in "portez" but "whisky" is certainly a Scottish
word even if familiar to a French speaker. It is very difficult to
maintain that kilometre is not French: who invented the metric system?
Jim.
Aug 29th 2004, 9:03 pm
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Re: French quick brown fox . . .
"James Silverton" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> "JX Bardant" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >
> > "Phil" <[email protected]> a icrit dans le message de
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > Sorry this is so OT but it has bugged me for ages. What is the
> > > French phrase for testing a typewriter? One that has every letter
> > > of tha alphabet? I half remember one that started "Zok ma belle
> > > ... ". Can anyone help? Thanks.
> > >
> > > Phil
> > >
> >
> > The traditional sentence is this :
> > Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume.
> >
> > You'll notice that it doesn't actually allow to test accents...
>
> Nor the letters "k" or "z" ! Is kilometre not a French word nor
> "zero" nor "zoo"?
They are not, but "kilomètre" and "zéro" are.
> "JX Bardant" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > "Phil" <[email protected]> a icrit dans le message de
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > Sorry this is so OT but it has bugged me for ages. What is the
> > > French phrase for testing a typewriter? One that has every letter
> > > of tha alphabet? I half remember one that started "Zok ma belle
> > > ... ". Can anyone help? Thanks.
> > >
> > > Phil
> > >
> >
> > The traditional sentence is this :
> > Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume.
> >
> > You'll notice that it doesn't actually allow to test accents...
>
> Nor the letters "k" or "z" ! Is kilometre not a French word nor
> "zero" nor "zoo"?
They are not, but "kilomètre" and "zéro" are.
