There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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China has more English speakers than the United States.
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