Quick, frowzy blimps jinx the veg da.

[Paramah Sungelee]

I wrote a new pangram."Quick, frowzy blimps jinx the veg da."

 

[5jj]

Not so good. What's 'da'?

 

[Paramah Sungelee]

Not so good. What's 'da'?

"da" means father or prosecutor. "da" is a valid scrabble word, like all the words in the pangram.

 

[5jj]

In the meaning of 'father' , it is used here as a form of address, and should be 'Da'.
In the other meaning, it should be 'DA', which is not used as a form of address.

You have used too many of the words from your other pangrams for this to be impressive, in my opinion.

 

[Paramah Sungelee]

In the meaning of 'father' , it is used here as a form of address, and should be 'Da'.
In the other meaning, it should be 'DA', which is not used as a form of address.

You have used too many of the words from your other pangrams for this to be impressive, in my opinion.

O.k. I will replace "da" by "DA".

 

[Paramah Sungelee]

The new sentence: "Quick, frowzy blimps jinx the veg DA."

 

[emsr2d2]

What do you mean by "veg"? To me, it's a contraction of "vegetable(s)". If that's the case, it makes no sense to put it before "DA" because it's not an adjective.

 

[5jj]

A comma after 'veg' would help. It's still weak compared with Paramah Sungelee's earlier efforts.

 

[Skrej]

Isn't 'veg' used in Indian English (and maybe some other variants) as a short form of 'vegetarian'? That's how I took it (a vegetarian DA).

Even if so, it's only going to work for those who do use it that way. For anyone who doesn't use the term 'veg', it's going to read as nonsensical.

 

[emsr2d2]

Isn't 'veg' used in Indian English (and maybe some other variants) as a short form of 'vegetarian'? That's how I took it (a vegetarian DA).

Even if so, it's only going to work for those who do use it that way. For anyone who doesn't use the term 'veg', it's going to read as nonsensical.

No. We use "veggie" as a short form of "vegetarian".

 

[probus]

Isn't 'veg' used in Indian English

It certainly is, as is its opposite non-veg. Indian English can be a bit of a mystery to non-Indians. For example you often see on signs pure veg hotel, which does not mean a hotel at all, but a strictly vegetarian restaurant.

 

[sebawrite]

Gee whiz, I didn't know what a pangram was, until he started this ruckus.

 

[5jj]

I don't think that asking about the acceptability of words in a pangram is starting a ruckus.

 

[emsr2d2]

Gee whiz. I didn't know what a pangram was no comma here until he started this ruckus.

emsr2d2

 

[sebawrite]

Well. That's why I'm here. To improve my grammar. Thanks for the correction.

 

[Tdol]

O.k. I will replace "da" by "DA".

It needs a comma before it, as you are talking to the DA. This sentence is not as good as the last IMO.

 

[Tarheel]

[strike]O.k.[/strike] OK/Okay. I will replace "da" with "DA".

OK.