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23 facts about English you may not know
31.12.08 @ 09:33 good morning! saw this from eden's blog. kind of interesting. take a look eh. 1. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is “screeched.” 2. “Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”. 3. No word in English language rhymes with “month,” “silver,” “purple,” or orange.” 4. The symbol on the “pound” key (#) is called an octothorpe. 5. The symbol used in many URLs (Web addresses)is called a tilde. (~) 6. The dot over the letter ‘i’ is called a tittle. 7. The word “set” has more definitions than any other word in English. 8. “Underground” is the only word in English that begins and ends with the letters “und.” 9. There are only four words in the English language which end in “-dous”: tremendous, horrendous,stupendous, and hazardous. 10. The longest word in the English language,according to the Oxford English Dictionary, ispneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. p.s. just in case you're wondering what's the meaning of that LONG word; pneu-mo-no-ul-tra-mi-cro-scop-ic-sil-i-co-vol-ca-no-co-ni-o-sis noun an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language. - from dictionary.com 11. The only other word with the same amount of letters is its plural:pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses. 12. The longest place-name still in use is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwe-nuakit natahu,the Maori name of a hill in New Zealand. 13. Los Angeles’s full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reinade los Angeles de Porciuncula” andcan be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, L.A. 14. The verb “cleave” has definitions which are antonyms of each other: to adhere and to separate. 15. The verb “sanction” also has definitions which are antonyms: to sponsor and to ban. 16. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit. 17. There is a seven-letter word in English that contains eleven words without rearranging any of itsletters, “therein”: the, there, he, in, rein, her,here, ere, I, therein, herein. 18. ‘Stewardesses’ is the longest English word that is typed with only the left hand. 19. The combination “ough” can be pronounced in nine different ways; the following sentence contains themall: “A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughmanstrode through the streets of Scarborough; after fallinginto a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.” 20. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is “uncopyrightable.” 21. “Facetious” and “abstemious” contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning “containingarsenic.” 22. The word “Checkmate” in chess comes from the Persian phrase “Shah Mat,” which means “the king is dead.” 23. Only three words have entered English from Czech:polka, pilsner, and robot. so there you are, 23 interesting facts about the English language. i'll come back to upload pictures next year. =x so, HAPPY NEW YEAR! =) with love, xoxo |