Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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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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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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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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Englishmen drink more tea than any person of any other nation (over twenty times more than Americans)
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