Self-describing pangrams in various languages

May 10, 2012 17:06

You're probably familiar with the notion of a self-describing pangram, e.g. "two As, one B, one C, two Ds, thirty Es, five Fs, four Gs, eight Hs, eight Is, one J, one K, one L, one M, seventeen Ns, sixteen Os, one P, one Q, eight Rs, twenty one Ss, sixteen Ts, four Us, three Vs, four Ws, three Xs, three Ys, and one Z ( Read more... )

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frances_bea May 11 2012, 03:55:21 UTC
This is tangential, but fun.


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spamsink May 11 2012, 08:02:41 UTC
I remember that. :)

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ubykhlives May 12 2012, 13:09:14 UTC

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cafecomics May 11 2012, 06:36:11 UTC
Note that on their own letters are masculine in french, not feminine : un "b", un "m" etc.

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spamsink May 11 2012, 08:05:33 UTC
Thank you. Unlike in English, plurals of letters don't get an -s, am I correct?

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pauamma May 11 2012, 17:22:28 UTC
Correct.

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Got it spamsink May 11 2012, 22:13:45 UTC
Ce pangramme ne contient que exactement sept a, un b, six c, cinq d, vingt et un e, deux f, quatre g, trois h, quatorze i, un j, un k, un l, quatre m, dix-huit n, cinq o, six p, sept q, sept r, neuf s, vingt t, dix-sept u, trois v, un w, huit x, un y, et deux z.

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