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[–] 201 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (10 children)

jumps over the lazy dog.

Otherwise there's no "s."

It tells a short story that's visual and full of words people know how to spell.

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  • [–] 46 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

    Apparently not. ☹️

    edit: Aww, they fixed the typo. Now my joke is lame(er).

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Mobile phone at 4 Am. Missed the typo. Fixed now.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    As a non-native yet quite fluent speaker of English, I was wondering where the letter s was supposed to be in the example above. Thanks for pointing out the very obvious thing anyway, brains can fart at times.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The full sentence is, "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."

    Intent is to use every letter of the English alphabet. Thing is, I've heard "jumped" for decades now which ironically leads to s being skipped. I say ironically because it's one of the most commonly used letters.

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