Showing posts with label funny facts about the English language. Show all posts
Showing posts with label funny facts about the English language. Show all posts

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.
Cheers!