My mom and I were riding today and I was trying to remember the sentence that you type for practice when you wanted to get your typing speed up. We thought and thought. I remembered only one word from the sentence. Then she finally remembered and she's 79 1/2!!!! Anyway, can you remember the well-known sentence that you would type over and over again for speed practice in school or typing school? In my youth, this would be done on the old Remington, Underwood, or IBM selectric typewriter, etc.
It was not How Now Brown Cow, that was for pronunciation practice.
2007-08-06 11:41:31 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
Alex41 - You got it. Now is the time for all good men ----- country. I forget the Spain one. Thanks for reminding me!
2007-08-06 11:56:48 · update #1
LOL. You are going back about 50 years and yes it was on a Remington typewriter. I think it was:
"Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country." My wife was a couple of years behind me and she said they typed:
" The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plane." Either one
what you were thinking of?
2007-08-06 11:48:47 · answer #1 · answered by alex41 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it's something like this:
The lazy dog jumps over the quick fox?
The point was to use every letter in the alphabet. I'll check the internet for the full version. I'm no senior, I'm 16, so I never actually typed on a typewriter.
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Hehe, this is it. Meh, I was close.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
2007-08-06 18:46:47 · answer #2 · answered by David 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The quick red fox jumps over the lazy brown dog.
Uses every letter of the alphabet
2007-08-06 21:42:19 · answer #3 · answered by isotope2007 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In my school in Canada it was "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."
And I know I am answering this later than others, but I promise that I didn't look at the existing answers first.
2007-08-06 20:54:30 · answer #4 · answered by Susie Q 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
'The lazy brown dog and the quick red fox jumped
over the fence.' It's the southern version.
2007-08-06 19:13:22 · answer #5 · answered by Ju ju 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
2007-08-06 19:38:38 · answer #6 · answered by ndnquah 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You younger people. I remember or check books. You will be in big trouble when you have a power outage.
2007-08-06 19:41:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=free+typing+lessons&fr=ush-ans
2007-08-06 19:07:34 · answer #8 · answered by robert p 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋