English Facts

Tags: UN, United Nations, Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish, Language, Interesting, World

Fact Page: The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
Date Added: 2012-04-03 20:55:19
Fact Category: Language Fact

Tags: Sailor, Sailing, English, British, UK, Juice, Lime, Name

Fact Page: English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
Date Added: 2012-04-01 08:30:01
Fact Category: Historical Fact

Tags: Hair, Word, English, Cat

Fact Page: The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
Date Added: 2011-12-14 01:57:08
Fact Category: Animal Fact

Tags: English, Literature, Word, Language, Interesting

Fact Page: There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
Date Added: 2011-11-22 16:03:09
Fact Category: Language Fact

Tags: UK, Britain, British, Tea, English

Fact Page: Englishmen drink more tea than any person of any other nation (over twenty times more than Americans)
Date Added: 2011-04-29 08:41:18
Fact Category: People Fact

Tags: English, Language, Word

Fact Page: Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
Date Added: 2011-04-17 20:55:03
Fact Category: Language Fact

Tags: Love, Romantic, Word, English, Expression, Interesting

Fact Page: If you mouth the word "colorful" to someone, it looks like you are saying "I love you".
Date Added: 2011-04-10 21:18:13
Fact Category: Interesting Fact

The plural forms are clitorises in English and clitorides in Latin. In slang, it is sometimes abbreviated as clit, which originated in the 1950s. The OED suggests that the pronunciation is also used in the UK, and gives the likely etymology as coming from the Greek, kleitoris, perhaps derived from the verb, kleiein, to shut. The Online Etymology Dictionary states that the etymology of this diminutive is uncertain. Possible etymological candidates are a Greek word meaning "key", "latch", "hook"; a Greek verb meaning "to touch or titillate lasciviously", "to tickle" (the clitoris is called in German slang der Kitzler, "the tickler"), although this verb is more likely derived from "clitoris"; and a Greek word meaning "side of a hill", from the same root as "climax".

Tags: Clitoris, Greek, Language, English, Sex

Fact Page: The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
Date Added: 2011-02-25 08:06:45
Fact Category: Language Fact

Tags: Typewriter, Keyboard, Typing, Computer, English, Language

Fact Page: TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
Date Added: 2011-02-06 08:06:36
Fact Category: Computer Fact

Tags: English, Language, Typing, Word, Computer

Fact Page: "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
Date Added: 2010-04-12 16:57:51
Fact Category: Computer Fact