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Language Facts

Featuring Interesting Language Facts, Funny Language Facts, and more Language Fun Facts.

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  • 0 1. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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    Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
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  • 2 2. 'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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  • 16 3. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter b
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  • 2 4. Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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  • 1 5. Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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  • 2 6. China has more English speakers than the United States.
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  • 1 7. Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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  • 4 8. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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  • 0 9. French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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  • 2 10. In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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  • 0 11. In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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  • 1 12. More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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  • 0 13. Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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  • 4 14. Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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  • 3 15. The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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  • 1 16. The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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  • 0 17. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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  • 0 18. The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.
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    Date Added: 2010-08-30 11:48:54
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    Tags: Hawaii, Alphabet
  • 8 19. The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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  • 9 20. The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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  • 4 21. The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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  • 0 22. The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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  • 1 23. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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  • 1 24. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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  • 0 25. The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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  • 13 26. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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  • 0 27. The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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    Date Added: 2010-06-30 11:52:17
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    Tags: Porn, Pornography, Prostitute, Greek
  • 1 28. The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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  • 3 29. The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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  • 3 30. The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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  • 4 31. The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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  • 9 32. The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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  • 2 33. The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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    Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
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  • 8 34. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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  • 2 35. There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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    Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
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