"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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China has more English speakers than the United States.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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