In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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