Random Language Facts

    41 facts tagged with Language Facts

    Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
    125
    Before WWI, German Was the Second Most Widely Spoken Language in the United States
    Before it was repressed during World War I, German was the second most widely spoken language in the United States and many local governments, schools, and newspapers operated in German.
    11
    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
    297
    There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
    tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
    175
    There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
    100
    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).
    10
    'Niblings' - Nieces and Nephews
    'Niblings' is the plural, gender-neutral term for nieces and nephews.
    17
    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
    51