beyond the quick brown fox

Mon Jan 27 21:05:57 UTC 2003

"bawl" or "roar". I got it from Vasa linguist Rune Ingo's "Från källspråk till målspråk" (From SL to TL), Vasa 1991. The character "å" - the a with a little circle on top, pronounced "o" - wont get through, I suppose.
Regards
Jan Ivarsson
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From: "Mark A Mandel" <mam at THEWORLD.COM>
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> On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Jan Ivarsson TransEdit wrote:
>
> #Finnish goes one better. The word "törkylempijävongahdus", which means
> #"trashlover's bawl", contains all the letters in the Finnish alphabet,
> #just once. Finns do not use B, C, F, Q, W, X or Z.
> #Jan Ivarsson
>
> "Bawl" (loud shout or weeping) or "ball" (toy, or formal dance event)?
>
> -- Mark A. Mandel
>