Thursday, 7 November 2013

Some interesting facts about English language


1.       No word in English language rhymes with month.
2.       “Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letter “MT”.
3.       The word “set” has more definitions than any other words in the English language.
4.       “Underground” is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letter “UND”.
5.       The longest on-syllable word in the English language is “screeched”.
6.       There are only four words in English language which in “dous” tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.


7.        The longest word in the English language according to oxford dictionary is “pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis.
8.       There is a seven letter word in English that contain ten words without rearranging any of its letters, “therein” the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.
9.       No word in the English language rhyme with orange, silver, or purple.
10.   ‘Stewardesses’ is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
11.   The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter in “uncopyrightable”
 

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