And here’s the proof: A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia is full of pangrams, palindromes, and other curious words of note. Which would have come in handy for those who contributed to the Gallery of Bad Scrabble Hands (this one is particularly awful). If something more modern’s your game, then check out notes about predictive text messaging - I’ve always been amused that PINT, SHOT and RIOT are the same combination on the keypad (thus making you able to describe a night out with very little effort), as well as the possible misunderstandings that can arise from PHONED and RIMMED having the same keys.
(last two links via Boing Boing)
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