-=> Quoting Ed Vance to Nancy Backus on 05-12-19  08:42 <=-

 NB>>> Except that there is no "S" in the sentence as you remember it...
 NB>>> Ed's way with "dogs back" added the S to the sentence....  Perhaps
 NB>>> the original was simply "over the lazy dogs"...  
 ML>> "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" is the current proper
 ML>> phrase... it used to start with "A" instead of "The" but there was only
 ML>> three years between the two forms...
 NB>> RIGHT!!  Now I remember... And yes, I originally learned it starting
 NB>> with "A" instead of "The".... 

 EV> It was in January 1960 when the Navy Radiomans Class started teaching
 EV> Me how to Type while Listening to Morse Code over a Pair of Headphones.
 EV> So I probably learned about typing the "NOW IS..." and "THE QUICK..."
 EV> Sentences during that period.

Sounds reasonable... 

 EV> "THE QUICK..." is the way I recall doing it.
 EV> I Didn't know about the "A QUICK..." version until reading about it
 EV> today. 

Not sure who I learned it from... maybe my Daddy... and I don't remember
how long ago, either... 

 EV> In Navy Radiomans School the Typewriters printed Capital Letters
 EV> whichever way the Shift Key was ...  Up   or  Down     ALL CAPITALS, 
 EV> No lower case. 
 EV> That's why I typed (between the Quote Marks) in Upper Case above.

I seem to remember that the teletype machine in our college radio
station printed only in CAPITAL letters also... Possibly related to your
Radiomans School's Typewriters....

ttyl        neb

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