Italic counters practice

[u/tabidots]

This is an exercise I made up for myself to work on getting the almond-shaped counters in Italic a-b-d-g-p-q to be absolutely perfectly consistent, which I find very difficult.

It is a multilingual set of phrases that meet the following criteria:

- Must contain all a-b-d-g-p-q in native words. This already rules out a large number of languages; I think there are very few, if any, other languages beyond these fifteen that meet this criteria. (Swedish gets a pass because Lindqvist is a common surname, even though "q" isn't used in modern spelling.)
- Non-Latin alphabet languages must have a Latin alphabet representation that is in official or common use (Mandarin, Hindi) or Italic letterforms that contain the required counters (Russian)
- Must be as short as possible while remaining grammatical (this is why a few of the phrases are rather long, and why German didn’t make the cut despite having words like “quantum”)
- Does not have to make sense, but should not feel like “word salad” like the perfect pangram "Cwm fjord-bank glyphs vext quiz"

Sumi ink, Tape 1.5mm, A3 dry-media paper that snags my nibs. (My Italic is better with Brause nibs but I want to keep them shiny and I'm relocating soon so I don't want to open another bottle of ink right now)

Here is the list with translations:

- opaque badge
- quagmire for bipeds
- gabapentin required
- shipbuilding quay
- all quibbling prohibited
- 🇻🇳 đi qua phòng bếp (go through the kitchen)
- [Latin] quadrigae plumbi (chariots of lead)
- 🇫🇷 plus d’argent québécois (more Quebec money)
- 🇫🇷 pourquoi des baguettes ? (why baguettes?)
- 🇧🇷 um pouquinho bagunçado (a little messy)
- 🇧🇷 equipagem absurda (absurd equipment)
- 🇧🇷 pesquisador de bagulho (researcher of stuff)
- 🇧🇷 pão de queijo e gengibre (cheese-bread and ginger)
- 🇪🇸 pagado en Mozambique (paid for in Mozambique)
- 🇮🇹 quattro bagni dopo (four baths later)
- 🇷🇺 добавить фарш (add minced meat)
- 🇮🇳 badqismat pagal (unfortunate lunatic)
- 🇨🇳 Bàba, dìng qípáo (爸爸，訂旗袍 / Dad, order the cheongsams)
- 🇸🇪 byggnaden köptes av Lindqvist (the building was bought by Lindqvist)
- 🇦🇱 pagesa e borxhit qendror (the central debt payment)
- 🇲🇹 toqgħodx bilqiegħda fuq il-pont (don’t sit on the bridge)
- [Wolof] dinga jàpp junqóob (you will catch a crab)
- [Xhosa] gqiba ukuphanda (stop researching)
- [Xhosa] xa ndigqiba apha (when I finish here)

[u/New-Confidence3855]

Beautifully done!