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The phrase was taught in typing because it includes every letter of the alphabet. It was a way to check every letter of your typewriter to make sure it was functioning. With computers, I guess we don’t really need that, but it’s still neat.
We didn’t have Typing when I was in school, we had Keyboarding. Even in seventh grade I found it funny that they thought calling Typing Keyboarding because it was being done on a computer made it different. I mean most if not all of us had seen a typewriter at home and probably a quarter to a third of us already had a computer in our houses; it was the time when typewriters were slowly vanishing and they were putting out those hybrid typewriter-computers called word processors as replacements for typewriters in Sears and big name electronics stores. All of us knew what a computer keyboard was and that it had the same layout as a typewriter and we all knew from the very first class what Keyboarding really was. Made no sense to call it Keyboarding instead of Typing since the only thing that had changed was what was used to teach on.
BE THIS GUY about 7 years ago
Chapter 2 should be:
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party.
Kaputnik about 7 years ago
The five boxing wizards jump quickly. Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. This stuff practically writes itself.
Sherlock Watson about 7 years ago
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
Where’s my ax?
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 7 years ago
He forgot the “Sir!” at the end.
Radish the wordsmith about 7 years ago
red rum
Gent about 7 years ago
Then Count Weirdly’s minions vanquish Slylock Fox and rescue the dog.
Brass Orchid Premium Member about 7 years ago
It’s a good start, but I’d like to see a bit more character development. Why do we care that the dog is lazy or the brown fox quick?
Masterskrain about 7 years ago
No, the quick RED fox jumped over the lazy BROWN dog! Get it right, Pastis…er…“Pete”!
Qiset about 7 years ago
So what does the fox say?
NeedaChuckle Premium Member about 7 years ago
Typing was the only thing I learned in high school that has been of any use to me over the years.
Defective Premium Member about 7 years ago
The phrase was taught in typing because it includes every letter of the alphabet. It was a way to check every letter of your typewriter to make sure it was functioning. With computers, I guess we don’t really need that, but it’s still neat.
Greyhame about 7 years ago
I once built a Quick Brown Fox generator for testing a computer screen controller
Andrew Sleeth about 7 years ago
Follow it up with, “And then the murders began.” You’ll have a bestseller.
rockyland about 7 years ago
It was a dark and stormy night when a shot rang out.
zeexenon about 7 years ago
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog’s back.
MikeJanus Premium Member about 7 years ago
It has to be jumped, not jumps, otherwise there’s no d in the sentence.
BeniHanna6 Premium Member about 7 years ago
Wonder how many Linkster generation children know what that is all about? Of course they can google it.
dgmiller about 7 years ago
(I have!!) He was a dark and stormy knight…..
Masterskrain about 7 years ago
Better then Rat’s epic; “The sea was filled with angry monkeys!”
Number Three about 7 years ago
“The lazy dog opened one eye and stood up. He chased after the quick brown fox but the fox was too fast”
Hence the word “Quick”
xxx
eb110americana about 7 years ago
Clearly, professor Pete has been typecast.
Call me Ishmael about 7 years ago
The meme is extreme, but devoid of a theme, it would seem..
VishnuKompella about 7 years ago
Every computer geek is on the edge of their seats …
Sisyphos about 7 years ago
I see. Okay, ex-Prof. Pete. Don’t call us; we’ll call you. (Ha! Like, never!)
[signed] The Editor
lin4869 about 7 years ago
As a former member of typing class, this cracked me up!
Mike Blake about 7 years ago
Suddenly a pirate ship appeared on the horizon.
57BelAir about 7 years ago
Our high school typing teacher married one of my classmates (he was about 29) after we graduated (so she would be adult age) in 1975.
knight1192a about 7 years ago
We didn’t have Typing when I was in school, we had Keyboarding. Even in seventh grade I found it funny that they thought calling Typing Keyboarding because it was being done on a computer made it different. I mean most if not all of us had seen a typewriter at home and probably a quarter to a third of us already had a computer in our houses; it was the time when typewriters were slowly vanishing and they were putting out those hybrid typewriter-computers called word processors as replacements for typewriters in Sears and big name electronics stores. All of us knew what a computer keyboard was and that it had the same layout as a typewriter and we all knew from the very first class what Keyboarding really was. Made no sense to call it Keyboarding instead of Typing since the only thing that had changed was what was used to teach on.
ND Cool Z almost 6 years ago
Professor Pete is the next Aesop!
alantain 11 months ago
I also learned typing in high school. Unfortunately, I now have to forget everything I learned because I now have to type with my thumbs.