INTERESTING FACTS ENGLISH

INTERESTING FACTS for those who love the English language !

* No words in the English language rhyme with “month”, “orange”, “silver”  or "purple”.

* “Hungry” and “Angry” are the only words in the English language that end in “gry".

* The number 4 is the only number that has the same number of letters in it - FOUR.

* Did you know the word 'Underground' is the only word that begins and ends with the letters 'und'.

* The word 'Uncopyrightable' is the only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating any letter.

* The word 'Typewriter' is the longest word that can be typed using only the top row of a keyboard.

* Did you know the sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English alphabet.

* The word 'Rhythm' is the longest word without a vowel.

* "Dreamt" is the only word that ends in 'mt'.

* Did you know there are only 3 sets of letters on a keyboard which are in alphabetical order - 'F G H', 'J K L', 'O P'.

* "Queue"
The word "queue" is the only word in the English Language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.

* "Dammit I'm mad" is the same spelt backwards.

* "Set" of all the words in the English Language, the word "set" has the most definitions.

* "Bookkeeper" & "Bookkeeping" are only words in English language with three consecutive double letters.

* The least used letter in the alphabet is Q.

* The most commonly used word in English conversation is 'I'.

* The dot on top of the letter 'i' is called a tittle.

* There are only 4 words in the English language which end in 'dous'. They are...hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and tremendous.

* The oldest word in the English language is 'town'.

* The word 'Strengths' is the longest word in the English language with just one vowel.

* The past tense for the English word 'dare' is 'durst'.

* The first English dictionary was written in 1755.