What is the Longest Meaningful English Sentence with No Repeating Letters?

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The discussion centers around the challenge of finding the longest meaningful English sentence that contains no repeating letters, with a maximum of 26 letters allowed. Participants clarify that this differs from a pangram, which includes all letters but allows repetitions. One suggested example is "Blowzy night-frumps vex'd Jack Q," which, while valid, requires an extensive vocabulary. The conversation highlights the difficulty of constructing such sentences in English, noting that common words tend to use similar sounds and letters, leading to repetitions. Another example provided is "The glib czar junks my VW Fox PDQ," which also fits the criteria. Overall, the thread explores the complexities of creating non-repetitive sentences in the English language.
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This puzzle came to my mind, but I do not have an answer in place.

What's the longest meaningful English sentence with no repeating letters? (means, the longest sentence can have a maximum 26 letters; of course, proper nouns excluded)
 
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jobyts said:
This puzzle came to my mind, but I do not have an answer in place.

What's the longest meaningful English sentence with no repeating letters? (means, the longest sentence can have a maximum 26 letters; of course, proper nouns excluded)

I don't know about the longest one but here's the shortest one (or at least that's what the typewriter manufacturers used to say):


The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog
 
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

This puzzles been around for a bit: so long in fact there is a name for it. Their called Panagrams. I am sure something like a google search will turn up a boat load of them
 
greyd927 said:
Their called Panagrams.
No, a pangram uses all the letters but allows repetitions. The OP is asking for the longest sentence that has no repetitions, even if it doesn't use all the letters.
 
Without repetition i believe its still a panagram.
try Blowzy night-frumps vex'd Jack Q
looked up the words and they make sense just with an extensive vocabulary.
 
greyd927 said:
try Blowzy night-frumps vex'd Jack Q
looked up the words and they make sense just with an extensive vocabulary.

ok; any answer which is more readable and without extensive vocabulary? :)
 
not in english that i know of
I believe this is because common words in every day english became common because of their simmiliar sounds
Since these sounds are created by letters (untechnically) this means they are created by common, A.K.A. Repeating, letters
 
The glib czar junks my VW Fox PDQ.
 
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