they're a collection of sentences designed to have a representative set of english sounds, while also being sensical. they've been used in linguistics and in testing phones and voice over ip. here's some examples:
- The birch canoe slid on the smooth planks.
- Glue the sheet to the dark blue background.
- It's easy to tell the depth of a well.
- These days a chicken leg is a rare dish.
in the 10s place. actual #69 is: The dune rose from the edge of the water.
Seems like a couple people have independently stumbled onto this shape, but because the faces are not uniform, I don't think it's going to get the Persi Diaconis seal of approval.
Feels like you should be able to do further triangular subdivision to a d24 to get something fair, but the sides are all going to get pretty obtuse at that point. Edit: Nope, I'm an idiot, that would still create two different shapes on the faces in a 2:1 ratio.
What if:
- Clear plastic dodecahedral shell, numbered 1 to 12.
- Enclosed d6 with numbered faces 0, 12, 24, 36, 48, and 60.
- Roll and take the sum.
and recites the sentence corresponding to whichever result comes up like it's a relevant kōan as their opponent falls to the ground.
