The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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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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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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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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