6. Hofstadter: Pangrams, Sallowsgrams
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This article is from the Hofstadter and GEB FAQ, by TANAKA Tomoyuki tanaka@cs.indiana.edu with numerous contributions by others.
6. Hofstadter: Pangrams, Sallowsgrams
self-doc pangrams or "Sallowsgrams" are described in
"Metamagical Themas". see:
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/hyplan/tanaka/GEB/pangram.txt "pangram Appendix"
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/hyplan/tanaka/GEB/pangram.html "pangram Appendix"
http://www.cs.uu.nl/wais/html/na-faq/puzzles-archive-language-part2.html
http://einstein.et.tudelft.nl/~arlet/puzzles/sol.cgi/language/english/
self.ref/self.ref.letters
---- Sallowsgrams in many tongues
(i haven't seen all the relevant articles yet.)
---- English
i've seen many in English. see below.
---- Dutch
a Dutch one is in the pangram Appendix.
MT (Metamag Themas) contains a Dutch one by Sallows. (?)
---- French
MT contains a near-miss in French by (Bob) French. (?)
two French variations below.
---- Japanese
a Jp version is described in the pangram Appendix.
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~tankh/pangram.html
---- Chinese
Casey Tan's Sallowsgram in Chinese:
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~tankh/pangram.html
(i have not seen a German version yet.)
Tanaka Tomoyuki found this sentence which consists of exactly
three `T's, ten `a's, one `b', six `c's, four `d's, forty-one
`e's, fourteen `f's, three `g's, thirteen `h's, twenty-one `i's,
one `j', three `k's, five `l's, four `m's, twenty-nine `n's,
twenty-four `o's, four `p's, two `q's, sixteen `r's, forty `s's,
thirty-one `t's, nine `u's, five `v's, eight `w's, six `x's,
twelve `y's, one `z', six hyphens, thirty commas, twenty-seven
pairs of single quotes, and a final period.
---- two French versions
Frederic Marchal <aardvark@worldnet.fr> wrote:
>
>>>--
>>>Cette signature contient trois a, six c, huit d, dix-sept e, deux f,
>>>deux g, deux h, treize i, dix n, cinq o, deux p, cinq q, cinq r, six
>>>s, douze t, onze u, un v, neuf x et quatre z.
>>
>> nice. but this isn't a pangram!
>
>It's not a bug, it's a feature! :-) It tries instead to be the
>shortest self-documenting (French) signature.
>
>In the same vein, here is the shortest self-documenting French
>sentence (enumeration, actually) I could find :
>
>Trois a, trois c, trois d, neuf e, quatre f, deux h, neuf i, six n,
>quatre o, deux p, cinq q, six r, sept s, huit t, neuf u, cinq x.
for pangram programs in Perl and C and more, see
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/hyplan/tanaka/GEB/pangram.txt "pangram Appendix"
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/hyplan/tanaka/GEB/pangram.html "pangram Appendix"
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