The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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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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If you mouth the word "colorful" to someone, it looks like you are saying "I love you".
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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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TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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