Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Amusing English # 30 - Funny facts about the English language

Some funny facts about the English language:
  • 'Lollipop' is the longest word typed With your right hand.
  • There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: 'abstemious' and 'facetious.'
  • TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
  • "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
  • "Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
  • 'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
  • There is only ONE word in the English language with THREE CONSECUTIVE SETS OF DOUBLE LETTERS.... Bookkeeper
  • There is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which occurs five times: "indivisibility."
  • There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.
  • There are only 4 words in the English language which end in "duos": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
  • The shortest word in the English language with all its letters in alphabetical order is the word "almost"
  • The letter most in use in the English language is "E" and the letter "Q" is least used.
  • Out of all the eight letter words in the English language, only one has only one vowel in it: "strength"
  • Only 3 words in the English language end in "ceed": "proceed", "exceed" and "succeed."
  • Of all the languages in the world, English has the largest vocabulary about 800,000 words.
  • "Forty" is the only number which has its letters in alphabetical order. "One" is the only number with its letters in reverse alphabetical order.
  • "Four" is the only number whose number of letters in the name equals the number.
  • The most common letters in English are R S T L N E.
  • "Go" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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