Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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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 "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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