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January 12, 2011, 01:53 PM
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Fun facts about the English language
No word in the English language rhymes with month.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt". The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language. "Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und." The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." There are only four words in the English language which end in"-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is  pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanocon iosis. The only other word with the same amount of letters is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanocon ioses, its plural. 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, here, ere, therein, herein. No words in the English language rhyme with orange, silver or purple. 'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles. The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed." The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable." The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead." Bookkeeper is the only word in the English language with three double letters next to each other. The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti. The longest place-name still in use is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturi pukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwe-nuakit natahu, a New Zealand hill."Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious." The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes). Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable  WOOOOOOOOOOW.
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January 12, 2011, 05:54 PM
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رد: Fun facts about the English language
thank you very much فتاة في مهب الريح to thid topic
you show us many facts of english language i wish that you are in goood health
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January 13, 2011, 09:57 AM
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رد: Fun facts about the English language
اقتباس:
Hey my dear I tried & I tried to figure out how to pronounce this long word and I still could not figure it out  Today I learned new facts Thanks a lot for sharing this useful info with us My thankfulness & appreciation My best regards 
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