ABCD
A Basic Course in Dvorak
By Dan Wood
version 2.02, November 1999
Copyright © 1995-99 Dan Wood. All rights reserved.
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No part of this may be
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Since this is a work in progress, it is highly recommended that you contact
the author or check my web page,
<http://www.gigliwood.com/abcd/>,
to be sure you have the latest version.
This version is very bare bones, and it is assumed you know how to deal with
learning typing. Concepts like the "home row" and such should be familiar.
You should know about the shift key, the space bar, how not to hunt and peck,
and so forth. I don't have any scoring system for errors or speed. (I assume
you are self-motivated to learn all this.)
(Thanks to the many folks who have sent me their comments on these lessons. Special thanks
to Andrew Arensburger for his nitpicking corrections and to Jeff Bigler for his incorporation
of input areas for practicing right on the page.)
There are 29 individual lessons, which either introduce new keys, or are
comprehensive, using words that you should know how to form at that stage.
Each lesson should probably be repeated at least once to ensure that the hands
are connecting to the brain properly. :-)
Table of Contents
- Introducing U and H: Home row, Index fingers
- Introducing E and T: Home row, Second fingers
- Comprehensive: E, H, T, U
- Introducing O and N: Home row, third fingers
- Comprehensive, including O and N
- Introducing A and S: Home row, fourth fingers
- Comprehensive, including A and S
- Introducing I and D: Index finger stretching in the home row
- Comprehensive, including I and D (entire home row)
- Introducing P and G: First fingers reaching up
- Comprehensive, including P and G
- Introducing . and C: Second fingers reaching up
- Comprehensive, including . and C
- Introducing , and R: Third fingers reaching up
- Comprehensive, including , and R
- Introducing ' and L: Fourth fingers reaching up
- Comprehensive, including ' and L
- Introducing Y and F: Index fingers stretching up
- Comprehensive, including Y and F, full upper/home rows
- Introducing K and M: Index fingers reaching down
- Comprehensive, including K and M
- Introducing J and W: Second fingers reaching down
- Comprehensive, including J and W
- Introducing Q and V: Third fingers reaching down
- Comprehensive, including Q and V
- Introducing ; and Z: Fourth fingers reaching down
- Comprehensive, including ; and Z
- Introducing X and B: Index fingers stretching down
- Comprehensive, including X and B (This is it, folks!)
Introducing U and H: Home row, Index fingers
(This is the Beavis & Butthead lesson; it gets snazzier, trust me!)
uuuu hhhh uuuu hhhh uuuu hhhh uuuu hhhh
uuuu hhhh uuuu hhhh uuuu hhhh uuuu hhhh
uh uh uh uh
hu hu hu hu
huh huh huh huh
uh huh uh huh uh huh uh huh
h u uh hu uhh huh uhh
h u uh hu uhh huh uhh
Introducing E and T: Home row, Second fingers
eeee tttt eeee tttt eeee tttt eeee tttt
eeee tttt eeee tttt eeee tttt eeee tttt
et et et et
tee tee tee tee
tete tete tete tete
eet eet eet eet
t e et te teet tee teet tete et
t e et te teet tee teet tete et
Comprehensive: E, H, T, U
eeee hhhh tttt uuuu
eeee hhhh tttt uuuu
eeee hhhh tttt uuuu
hue hue hue hue tutu tutu tutu tutu the the the the he he he he he
teeth teeth teeth teeth hut hut hut hut
thee thee thee thee tutu tutu tutu tutu
eh he hue hut teeth teethe the thee tutu
eh he hue hut teeth teethe the thee tutu
Introducing O and N: Home row, third fingers
oooo nnnn oooo nnnn oooo nnnn oooo nnnn
oooo nnnn oooo nnnn oooo nnnn oooo nnnn
no no no no
on on on on
non non non non
noon noon noon noon
ono ono ono ono
no non noon on noo ono
no non noon on noo ono
Comprehensive, including O and N
eeee hhhh nnnn oooo tttt uuuu
en en en en ho ho ho ho ne ne ne ne nu nu nu nu oh oh oh oh to to to to
hen hen hen hen hoe hoe hoe hoe hot hot hot hot Hun Hun Hun Hun
nee nee nee nee net net net net not not not not nun nun nun nun
nut nut nut nut one one one one out out out out ten ten ten ten
TNT TNT TNT TNT toe toe toe toe ton ton ton ton too too too too
tot tot tot tot tun tun tun tun
hone hone hone hone hoot hoot hoot hoot hunt hunt hunt hunt
neon neon neon neon none none none none note note note note
noun noun noun noun onto onto onto onto Otto Otto Otto Otto
teen teen teen teen tent tent tent tent then then then then
thou thou thou thou tone tone tone tone toot toot toot toot
tote tote tote tote tout tout tout tout tune tune tune tune
tenet tenet tenet tenet tenth tenth tenth tenth tooth tooth tooth tooth
Tune the tone
Note the teen not the tutu
Ten hot teeth tout the tune
The one nut to tote out the hen
None hunt out the tenth one ton nun
Hunt the neon then toot out the tune onto the tent
Introducing A and S: Home row, fourth fingers
aaaa ssss aaaa ssss aaaa ssss aaaa ssss
aaaa ssss aaaa ssss aaaa ssss aaaa ssss
as as as as
sa sa sa sa
sas sas sas sas
ass ass ass ass
sass sass sass sass
as a sass ass as a sas
as a sass ass as a sas
Comprehensive, including A and S
aaaa eeee hhhh nnnn oooo ssss tttt uuuu
ah ah ah ah an an an an at at at at ha ha ha ha so so so so us us us us
ash ash ash ash San San San San sat sat sat sat sea sea sea sea
ease ease ease ease east east east east Haas Haas Haas Haas
Hans Hans Hans Hans hash hash hash hash sane sane sane sane
sash sash sash sash Sean Sean Sean Sean seat seat seat seat
Stan Stan Stan Stan
Sean hates tetanus shots
Eat the toast at ten to noon
The Taos sun shone as hot as Santa Anna
Anthea assesses the estate at South Tahoe
Hotshot Hanna uses these shoes that Shannon soon sees
At noon on the teahouse Aunt Tess hushes the nauseous host
Annette senses the sensuous sunset onset on the Athens sea
Tess Sutton notates the tenuous state that southeast Houston has seen
Ethan Ness attests to these Tennessee Senate OSHA statutes to shun Utah
Introducing I and D: Index finger stretching in the home row
iiii dddd iiii dddd iiii dddd iiii dddd
iiii dddd iiii dddd iiii dddd iiii dddd
id id id id
id id id id
did did did did
did did did did
Didi did id did i
Didi did id did i
uuuu hhhh iiii dddd
du du du du hi hi hi hi
dud dud dud dud hid hid hid hid
Comprehensive, including I and D (entire home row)
aaaa dddd eeee hhhh iiii nnnn oooo ssss tttt uuuu
aaaa dddd eeee hhhh iiii nnnn oooo ssss tttt uuuu
Tina is on hiatus instead
The statue is sent to Santa Anita
This session is tedious on the tendons
That Thai dish is intense on the sinuses
Onions stain satin so use this Tide on this
Dan Addison detonated the thousandth headstone
Estonian nationhood is a notion hidden in Asia
The tennis enthusiast hides the dots on his hands
Otis said that sand is the seed that Isis sent us
Ted Austin insinuated that Tunisia is in Indonesia
The Dissonant in the ninth edition hits on the Saudis
I insist that Adenine is in DNA and that andesine is not
Deanna and Eddie suntanned on the Tahitian seaside oasis
Indiana and Ohio do not need donated tissues and headsets
The attendant initiated an intense sound that suited Odessa
The dodo added nine and nineteen and attained nine thousand
Duane nodded to his sis as he situated his sedan in the shade
Dennis Hudson is hidden in a distant Tunisian hashish hideout
Nina and Dana hit the astonished attendee on the head in unison
Auntie Edith tends to hint that Edna heeds the ideas due to Satan
The idea that nineteen studious Dadaists assisted Einstein is asinine
Todd hesitated in his Datsun then
hit the Honda in the side in an instantaneous THUD
The thesis that Dante dated Death is
as inane as the attitude that Sade stood on Sadness
A destitute Sudanese assassin insists
that sainthood is indeed a handout to heathenish idiots
A thousand nude deadheads sustained
hideous headstands as studious atheists dissented and seethed
Introducing P and G: First fingers reaching up
gggg pppp gggg pppp gggg pppp gggg pppp
gggg pppp gggg pppp gggg pppp gggg pppp
pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg
gp gp gp gp gp gp gp gp
gggg hhhh pppp uuuu
up up up up hug hug hug hug pug pug pug pug pup pup pup pup
ugh ugh ugh ugh Hugh Hugh Hugh Hugh Pugh Pugh Pugh Pugh
Comprehensive, including P and G
aaaa dddd eeee gggg hhhh iiii nnnn oooo pppp ssss tttt uuuu
aaaa dddd eeee gggg hhhh iiii nnnn oooo pppp ssss tttt uuuu
The Huntington is in Pasadena
He has one pip on his insignia
I did not see Patton Against The Gestapo
I put the sponge onto the peg on the spigot
She did not postpone the hepatitis diagnosis
The USPS sent postage high on August eighteenth
Pete stops as he peeps at the Pepsi and doughnuts
Nothing is as stupendous as an independent opinion
I did not design this gadget that ignites potatoes
Neptune is the sea god and is the god Poseidon too
Do not dispute that pogo is as ingenious as ping pong
The suggestion that toothpaste is poisonous is stupid
I suggest that one not go to Saigon in a ship tonight
Giuseppe pigged out on antipasto and pungent spaghetti
The pianist is a passionate sap and sings insipid songs
Angus thought he needed a tenspot to snap up the headphones
Gina Esposito supposed that the signpost in Spain said STOP
The Spanish poet happened to paint his house indigo and sepia
Gus is assigned to get genuine snapshots inside the USGS ship
This pennant said Hastings on it and that one said Penn State
Gas Seepage in the Peugeot stopped the engine at the guidepost
Patti Eng has a PhD in the thespian sagas on Oedipus and Antigone
Tonight the teenage peasants appease the pagan suntanning goddess
The penguin gasped as its appendage pushed past the Patagonian ship
Seeing an aging ape eating pudding in a teaspoon is not too desponding
In this episode the patient hostages hug and sing despite the gunshots
Espionage at DuPont and Hughes is upsetting to the GOP and the Pentagon
Doug pauses as he puts the poinsettias and sagging petunias in the teapot
The indignant patient ingested a potent dosage to suspend his indigestion
Upsetting gossip at the pageant had Stephanie and Gina sidestepping opponents
Pat goes sightseeing at the pagoda
in Shanghai despite the gunshots at its apogee
The passage on Pegasus and the Aegean Sea
upon page eight is a poignant adaptation
In hindsight Stonehenge suggests the
indigenous geniuses had to depend on the sun and its phases
Daphne Stephenson has gone to Ghana and
Ethiopia and Uganda to audiotape the distinguished singing
The Pope stood in position atop the
highest point in Santiago as an aghast Angie Diego ingested peanuts
Introducing . and C: Second fingers reaching up
cccc .... cccc .... cccc .... cccc ....
cccc .... cccc .... cccc .... cccc ....
eeee cccc tttt ....
ec ec ec ec tc tc tc tc
ec ec ec ec tc tc tc tc
c. c. c. c. t. t. t. t. e. e. e. e.
c. c. c. c. t. t. t. t. e. e. e. e.
etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.
etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.
Comprehensive, including . and C
aaaa cccc dddd eeee gggg hhhh iiii nnnn oooo pppp ssss tttt uuuu ....
aaaa cccc dddd eeee gggg hhhh iiii nnnn oooo pppp ssss tttt uuuu ....
I can accept this pecan pie.
Each disc costs ten cents each.
The census counts us each decade.
Couscous is cheapest in Connecticut.
Cincinnati and Chicago...each U.S.A. cities.
The didactic speech on Chopin educated Chad.
Isaac cannot teach us the Chattanooga Choo Choo.
Scott Chen teaches in oceanic science at Antioch.
The cadets deduced that such antics caused chaos.
His stethoscope suggested that Connie had congestion.
I contend that a Hitachi scope can decode this speech.
The octopus descended to the Titanic deep in the ocean.
U.N.E.S.C.O. accepted a chance at a conspicuous occupation.
The stagecoach continued to pass the cacti in scenic Tucson.
Capt. P. T. Cohen needs access to a tactician in this section.
Insecticide succeeds in contacting the insect in a picosecond.
Cognac and scotch is an inconspicuous choice...thought Candace.
Topnotch associates to authenticate the ancient Cantonese teacups.
Coco said coaching is a cinch...catch and toss...catch and toss....
The catsup accident at the picnic depicted Dutch as an apathetic nuisance.
It is no coincidence that this idiotic sentence has eight concise Cs in it.
The enthusiastic duchess noticed the Pontiac coupe...and decided to chase it.
I detect a headache...I hope it is not the
Schnapps and Cocoa I had as a nightcap.
The accountant...the C.P.A...conceded that
he had on occasion hidden cocaine in a coconut.
The cautious Canadian statisticians caught
inconsistencies in the second spacesuit design.
The Ph.D. conducted the Puccini Toccata...
an acoustic succession in succinct cacophonic staccato notes.
Introducing , and R: Third fingers reaching up
rrrr ,,,, rrrr ,,,, rrrr ,,,, rrrr ,,,,
rrrr ,,,, rrrr ,,,, rrrr ,,,, rrrr ,,,,
nnnn oooo rrrr ,,,,
or, or, or, or, ro, ro, ro, ro, nor, nor, nor, nor,
Orr, Orr, Orr, Orr, Ron, Ron, Ron, Ron, Orono, Orono, Orono, Orono
Comprehensive, including , and R
aaaa cccc dddd eeee gggg hhhh iiii nnnn oooo pppp rrrr ssss tttt uuuu ,,,, ....
aaaa cccc dddd eeee gggg hhhh iiii nnnn oooo pppp rrrr ssss tttt uuuu ,,,, ....
Schroeder desires a career as an orchestra conductor.
A recurring procedure irrigates the orchard and the prairie.
Harrison, Harriet, Arturo, and Christopher are grandparents.
Reagan arranged an airdrop, near the northern Pretoria corridor.
The erratic Richard Rodgers production returned to the Curran Theatre.
Carrie read the transportation report as Rosie rehearsed her transcript.
Roger that, in the circuit, the resistors and transistors are corroded.
The grocer reported that the antiperspirant had deteriorated.
Pierre Renoir regrets that Gerard Depardieu is not in Chartres, as desired.
Horns are characteristic to the rhinoceros and the Triceratops, a dinosaur.
Tia Carrere stars, narrates, and is the director in this torrid adaptation.
Gertrude, in her aristocratic grandeur, returned the carrots at the restaurant.
The Enterprise surprised Picard as it crisscrossed the restricted stratosphere.
Ritter, a character actor, returned an
uproarious retort to the irritating chairperson.
The rhetoric, the grandeur, and the
scripture interpretation surprised the churchgoer.
The choreographer restrained his rather
strong terpsichorean urges, and did not dance.
The oceanographer reports that the interior pressure is inappropriate and
erroneous, and orders the radar operator to intercept the pursuer.
Ed Harris stars as an arrogant and treacherous paratrooper, interpreting, in
error, orders to torture a geriatric instructor. Though his side has
surrendered, he continues to oppress and interrogate the retired grandparent.
The aggressor is arrested, arraigned, tried, and, appropriate to the horrors
he practiced, prosecuted and incarcerated. The granddaughter, a stenographer,
nurtures her grandpa, and he recuperates, though his arthritis returns.
In retrospect, that paragraph incorporated a preposterous R proportion.
Introducing ' and L: Fourth fingers reaching up
llll '''' llll '''' llll '''' llll ''''
llll '''' llll '''' llll '''' llll ''''
LLLL """" LLLL """" LLLL """" LLLL """"
aaaa llll ssss ''''
all all all all la la la la A's A's A's A's
ala ala ala ala l's l's l's l's s's s's s's s's
Sal Sal Sal Sal lass lass lass lass Sal's Sal's Sal's Sal's
Comprehensive, including ' and L
aaaa cccc dddd eeee gggg hhhh iiii llll nnnn
oooo pppp rrrr ssss tttt uuuu '''' ,,,, ....
"Hello," Ellen laughed, as she collided into Allen.
In a nutshell, Clinton still had an electoral landslide.
The alcoholic general staged a coup d'etat in Tallahassee.
Lucille and Randall cleaned their plates in the candlelight.
Leland alleged that "Gilligan's Island" is a little illogical.
Sinead O'Connor's latest single isn't going to appall Russell.
Colonial landlords near London once said "ain't," not "isn't."
Caroline D'Arc is an enrollee at that college in Philadelphia.
Didn't she hear, Cal used lots o' laterals, in the last seconds.
Eileen O'Hare and Pat O'Shea still shouldn't tell Leslie O'Neill.
"This little oriental elephant is a cultural sellout," said Helen.
The illegal planeload o' pollutants hasn't landed at Chicago's O'Hare.
She'll call Allison in Honolulu, not a local call, on her cellular phone.
This'll enthrall the linguists...using the letter "L," one can spell
"chocolate."
Allegra, an unparalleled intellectual, calculated the celestial latitudes and
longitudes in her sleep.
Introducing Y and F: Index fingers stretching up
ffff yyyy ffff yyyy ffff yyyy ffff yyyy
ffff yyyy ffff yyyy ffff yyyy ffff yyyy
fy fy fy fy
yf yf yf yf
ffff gggg hhhh yyyy pppp uuuu
guy guy guy guy gyp gyp gyp gyp
UHF UHF UHF UHF yuh yuh yuh yuh
huff huff huff huff
puff puff puff puff
puffy puffy puffy puffy puppy puppy puppy puppy
Comprehensive, including Y and F, full upper/home rows
aaaa cccc dddd eeee ffff gggg hhhh iiii llll nnnn
oooo pppp rrrr ssss tttt uuuu yyyy '''' ,,,, ....
aaaa cccc dddd eeee ffff gggg hhhh iiii llll nnnn
oooo pppp rrrr ssss tttt uuuu yyyy '''' ,,,, ....
In Lafayette, crayfish and coffee intensify the lifestyle.
"I defy you," cried Finley, "to find a falcon as feathery as Godfrey."
Granny Fay left Cindy a frilly, yet unfortunately frayed, taffeta dress.
In days of yesteryear, typography did not signify only fonts and typefaces.
The youthful fantasy of Goofy and Donald left Francine the fallacy that life is
often funny.
"After the fifteenth forfeiture," uttered the referee, "Stanford is,
officially, ineffectual."
Dreyfuss thought fondly of that hefty eyeful of San Francisco's fog, last
Friday near the ferry.
Geoffrey's faculty lecture on crystallography and diffraction patterns is
usually insufficient and faulty.
If you can differentiate psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, or psychiatry and
psychology, you yourself are a psychologist.
Yesterday, as they do each payday, Sydney and Clifford playfully ran off to
the fishery for frothy glasses of Henry's Draft Ale.
Introducing K and M: Index fingers reaching down
kkkk mmmm kkkk mmmm kkkk mmmm kkkk mmmm
kkkk mmmm kkkk mmmm kkkk mmmm kkkk mmmm
km km km km km km km km
mk mk mk mk mk mk mk mk
hhhh kkkk mmmm uuuu
ku ku ku ku
mu mu mu mu
UK UK UK UK
hum hum hum hum mum mum mum mum muk muk muk muk
Comprehensive, including K and M
aaaa cccc dddd eeee ffff gggg hhhh iiii kkkk llll mmmm
nnnn oooo pppp rrrr ssss tttt uuuu yyyy '''' ,,,, ....
aaaa cccc dddd eeee ffff gggg hhhh iiii kkkk llll mmmm
nnnn oooo pppp rrrr ssss tttt uuuu yyyy '''' ,,,, ....
Kramer asked for skim milk in a melodramatic manner.
"My kingdom for a Macintosh," Maurice choked out meekly.
It's more sportsmanlike to say "checkmate" than "knockout."
Emmet felt homesick until Mom sent him that Hallmark Hanukkah card.
The makeshift cloakroom is a trademark of McKinley's decisionmaking.
Kim's nickname is "Kimono," an irksome mockery of her days in Yokohama.
There's not much homemade pumpkin ice cream and Smucker's hot fudge sauce
remaining.
The filmmaker, in machinelike precision, caught the magma and smoke from the
immense Mt. Krakatoa on film.
Stock in Amtrak skyrocketed after McKeon's remark mocking spokesmen,
gimmickery, and smokescreens in the marketplace.
From Katmandu to Oklahoma, from Stockholm to Kentucky, from Alaska to the
Kremlin, Kodak film is found in many, many cameras.
Introducing J and W: Second fingers reaching down
jjjj wwww jjjj wwww jjjj wwww jjjj wwww
jjjj wwww jjjj wwww jjjj wwww jjjj wwww
jw jw jw jw jw jw jw jw
wj wj wj wj wj wj wj wj
eeee jjjj tttt wwww
ewe ewe ewe ewe jet jet jet jet Jew Jew Jew Jew
wee wee wee wee wet wet wet wet
Jewett Jewett Jewett Jewett
Comprehensive, including J and W
aaaa cccc dddd eeee ffff gggg hhhh iiii jjjj kkkk llll mmmm
nnnn oooo pppp rrrr ssss tttt uuuu wwww yyyy '''' ,,,, ....
aaaa cccc dddd eeee ffff gggg hhhh iiii jjjj kkkk llll mmmm
nnnn oooo pppp rrrr ssss tttt uuuu wwww yyyy '''' ,,,, ....
Jamestown, New York, that's my home town.
The Joshua Tree National Monument is known worldwide.
Jujitsu makes you use your opponent's weight against himself.
"Wow," he said as his jaw dropped. "That's a jewel of a wristwatch."
Wanting the water to flow, Irwin twisted the faucet counterclockwise.
Woodrow Wilson's popularity went downward after the economic slowdown.
The old Jewish widow withdrew further, working with the wooden jigsaw.
Judy wondered if it was worthwhile to walk downtown to the Jewelry store.
I wonder if that Newsweek on the windowsill has the lowdown on Woolworths.
With awe, Jeremy awkwardly swallowed a whole slew of raisinettes as the
John Waters film started.
Wynonna Judd, after a whirlwind tour of the Midwest, waited at the
Waldorf Astoria for two weeks.
"Your Majesty," wrote Marjorie, "Nothing justifies prejudice. I can rejoice
only when there is justice."
The newsletter whitewashed reports of wiretapping in Congresswoman
Hollingsworth's jurisdiction.
"Hallelujah," wailed the janitor as he jettisoned the typewriter out the
window. The projectile majestically landed at the junction of Jefferson and
Winslow streets, just jolting, not injuring, a jogging tourist.
Introducing Q and V: Third fingers reaching down
qqqq vvvv qqqq vvvv qqqq vvvv qqqq vvvv
qqqq vvvv qqqq vvvv qqqq vvvv qqqq vvvv
qv qv qv qv qv qv qv qv
vq vq vq vq vq vq vq vq
Comprehensive, including Q and V
aaaa cccc dddd eeee ffff gggg hhhh iiii jjjj kkkk llll mmmm nnnn
oooo pppp qqqq rrrr ssss tttt uuuu vvvv wwww yyyy '''' ,,,, ....
aaaa cccc dddd eeee ffff gggg hhhh iiii jjjj kkkk llll mmmm nnnn
oooo pppp qqqq rrrr ssss tttt uuuu vvvv wwww yyyy '''' ,,,, ....
Mercury and quicksilver are quite the same.
An acquisitive mind helped Pavlov evolve his theories.
QVC's involvement with Paramount may give it new verve.
Vivian's new Volvo unequivocally vanquished her fears of driving.
According to Pravda, Vladivostok was a quiet village in its Soviet days.
This unique, opaque liquor does not quench your thirst, it makes you queasy.
David's vivid imagination and his inquisitive and inventive mind suggest a high IQ.
If Iraq was equipped to invade and conquer Tel Aviv, the U.S. may have quashed
that pervasively.
We've never quantitatively proven that a quaver is equivalent to a quiver, only
qualitatively.
This revolutionary cardiovascular technique is representative of the
productivity here in Charlottesville.
"I've never had such quality hors d'oeuvres," Javier said assertively over the
tranquil sounds of Vivaldi, as he looked over the picturesque headquarters of
the Vancouver Civic Center.
Nirvana's inequivalent sequel to their provocative release, Nevermind, is
inconclusive. Nevertheless, this quirky yet vivacious trio has evoked a
progressive sound that very well may give you a new perspective on irreverence.
Introducing ; and Z: Fourth fingers reaching down
;;;; zzzz ;;;; zzzz ;;;; zzzz ;;;; zzzz
;;;; zzzz ;;;; zzzz ;;;; zzzz ;;;; zzzz
;z ;z ;z ;z :z :z :z :z
;z ;z ;z ;z :z :z :z :z
Z; Z; Z; Z; z: z: z: z:
Comprehensive, including ; and Z
aaaa cccc dddd eeee ffff gggg hhhh iiii jjjj kkkk llll mmmm nnnn oooo
pppp qqqq rrrr ssss tttt uuuu vvvv wwww yyyy zzzz '''' ,,,, .... ;;;;
aaaa cccc dddd eeee ffff gggg hhhh iiii jjjj kkkk llll mmmm nnnn oooo
pppp qqqq rrrr ssss tttt uuuu vvvv wwww yyyy zzzz '''' ,,,, .... ;;;;
Zachary MacKenzie froze in amazement; on the radio in his Mazda he heard
pizzicato stanzas of Mozart.
Carmen Rodriguez is a citizen of Venezuela; her former spouse, Inigo Martinez,
and his new wife, Anna Vasquez, have moved to Swaziland or Tanzania.
The prizewinning paper on immunization against schizophrenia was delivered in
Czechoslovakia; this technique was deemphasized in Switzerland.
A crazed gazelle was whizzing around the zoo; a quizzical giraffe guzzled down
pizzas through his muzzle; another one merely grazed and dozed; several
chimpanzees started zigging and zagging; the reptile zone was oozing with
activity; several lizards hazarded the freezing waters and capsized the fish
tanks; a dozen grizzlies were waltzing in the plaza.
Introducing X and B: Index fingers stretching down
bbbb xxxx bbbb xxxx bbbb xxxx bbbb xxxx
bbbb xxxx bbbb xxxx bbbb xxxx bbbb xxxx
bx bx bx bx bx bx bx bx
xb xb xb xb xb xb xb xb
Comprehensive, including X and B (This is it, folks!)
aaaa bbbb cccc dddd eeee ffff gggg hhhh iiii jjjj kkkk llll mmmm nnnn oooo
pppp qqqq rrrr ssss tttt uuuu vvvv wwww xxxx yyyy zzzz '''' ,,,, .... ;;;;
aaaa bbbb cccc dddd eeee ffff gggg hhhh iiii jjjj kkkk llll mmmm nnnn oooo
pppp qqqq rrrr ssss tttt uuuu vvvv wwww xxxx yyyy zzzz '''' ,,,, .... ;;;;
Heathcliff Huxtable was played by the inexorable Bill Cosby.
An inexhaustible supply of benzedrine merely exacerbated his disturbances.
Bruce Boxleitner explained to the extraterrestrial why Babylon Five was built.
The ambidextrous exhibitor was exhausted by the time he loaded the boxcar
with hobbyhorses.
Drop those xeroxes off in the mailbox; I'll get them in the bibliography in
five days maximum.
Mr. Balboa is pretty flexible with the textbook; it's probably excusable to
fall a bit behind.
Why Mr. Baxter went from Bordeaux to the tableaux exhibit in Luxembourg by
taxicab is inexplicable.
Becky found the Bronx pretty obnoxious; though there was that Caribbean
restaurant that truly excelled.
The executives at NBC, CBS, and ABC all found it inexcusable that the BBC was
so inflexible and xenophobic.
An exuberant Bill Clinton blew into his saxophone before the ambassadors; it
was an extraordinary experience that nobody could explain.
END OF COURSE
ABCD: A Basic Course in Dvorak
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