Re: Phonological equivalent of "The quick brown fox..."

Joseph Fatula wrote:
> Sai Emrys wrote:
>> "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" is used to test
>> typewriters because it contains all the letters of English.
>>
>> What are equivalent spoken phrases, i.e. that contain all (English)
>> phonemes (or phones, if you feel particularly ambitious)?
>>
>> Or in other languages, but mainly wondering about English...
>>
>> - Sai
>>
>>
>>
>
> I'll give it a shot:
>
> - Let's choose to put half the shouting Cuban spider monkeys on Joy's
> wide garage instead of in your eighth hat.
> - Thrice I howled with the young boy, not praising the look of each
> cabbage going on Sam's usual shelf.
>
> Hopefully I'm not missing any.
>
>
>
No, the second one's missing the "oo" of "boot".  Let's try:

- Thrice I howled with the young boy, not praising the root of each
cabbage going on Sam's usual bookshelf.

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