Showing posts with label English language. Show all posts
Showing posts with label English language. Show all posts

Saturday, July 7, 2012

English language did you knows


English language did you knows

  • Did you knowthe most commonly used letter in the alphabet is E
  • Did you knowthe least used letter in the alphabet is Q
  • Did you knowdreamt is the only word that ends in mt
  • Did you knowthe first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON
  • Did you knowthere are only 4 words in the English language which end in 'dous' (they are: hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and tremendous)
  • Did you knowthe oldest word in the English language is 'town'
  • Did you know'Bookkeeper' and 'bookkeeping' are the only 2 words in the English language with three consecutive double letters
  • Did you knowthe word 'Strengths' is the longest word in the English language with just one vowel
  • Did you knowthe dot on top of the letter 'i' is called a tittle
  • Did you knowthe past tense for the English word 'dare' is 'durst'
  • Did you knowthe word 'testify' derived from a time when men were required to swear on their testicles
  • Did you knowThe first English dictionary was written in 1755
  • Did you knowthe word old English word 'juke' meaning dancing lends its name to the juke box
  • Did you know1 out of every 8 letters written is an e
  • Did you knowthe longest one syllable word in the English language is 'screeched'
  • Did you knowall pilots on international flights identify themselves in English regardless of their country of origin
  • Did you knowthe expression to 'knuckle down' originated from playing marbles (players used to put their knuckles to the ground for their best shots)
  • Did you knowthe word 'almost' is the longest in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order
  • Did you knowthe most commonly used word in English conversation is 'I'