Language Trivia

"Euouae," a medieval
music term, is the longest
word in English that
contains only vowels. Its
also the word with the
most consecutive vowels.
"Screeched," which
means to make a harsh
sound, is the longest onesyllable word in English.
"Unprosperousness",
meaning not wealthy or
profitable, is the longest
word in English in which
each letter is used at least
two times.

The words "facetiously,"

"abstemiously," and
"arseniously," each
contain all six vowels
(including y) in
alphabetical order. The
word "duoliteral"
contains all five vowels
(not including y) in
reverse alphabetical
order.
At 45 letters,
"pneumonoultramicrosco
picsilicovolcanoconiosis,
" which refers to a lung
disease, is often
considered the longest
word in English.
"Feedback" is the
shortest word in English

that has the letters a, b, c,

d, e, and f.
"Floccinaucinihilipilifica
tion," is the longest word
in English that does not
contain letter e
No words in English
rhyme with: "month,"
"orange," "silver," or
"purple."
Q is the only letter that
does not occur in any of
the U.S. state names.
"Maine" is the only U.S.
state whose name is just
one syllable.

"Bookkeeper" is the only

English word that has
three consecutive double
letters.
The word therein
contains only seven
letters, but it contains 10
words that can be formed
using consecutive letters:
the, there, I, he, in, rein,
her, here, ere, herein.
The sentence The quick
brown fox jumps over
the lazy dog is a
pangram, which is a
sentence that uses every
letter of the alphabet.

"United Arab Emirates,"

a small country in the
Middle East, is made up
of alternating vowels and
consonants. It is the
longest name of a
country whose letters do
that.
A "Blue Moon" is the
second full moon in a
calendar month (it is
rarely blue).
A bibliophile is a
collector of rare books. A
bibliopole is a seller of
rare books.
A ghost writer pens an
anonymous book.

A magic potion or charm

thought to arouse sexual
love, especially toward a
specific person, is known
as a "philter."
A poem written to
celebrate a wedding is
called an epithalamium.
A speleologist studies
caves.
Anagrams amused the
ancient Greeks, Romans
and Hebrews, and were
popular during the
Middle Ages.

"Aromatherapy" is a
term coined by French
chemist Ren Maurice
Gattefoss in the 1920's
to describe the practice
of using essential oils
taken from plants,
flowers, roots, seeds,
etc., in healing.
Ballistics is the science
that deals with the
motion of projectiles.
Cannibalism, eating
human flesh, is also
called anthropophagy.
DNA stands for
Deoxyribonucleicacid.

In 1945 a computer at
Harvard malfunctioned
and Grace Hopper, who
was working on the
computer, investigated,
found a moth in one of
the circuits and removed
it. Ever since, when
something goes wrong
with a computer, it is
said to have a bug in it.
In the 19th century,
craftsmen who made hats
were known to be
excitable and irrational,
as well as to tremble with
palsy and mix up their
words. Such behavior
gave rise to the familiar
expression "mad as a

hatter". The disorder,

called hatter's shakes,
was caused by chronic
mercury poisoning from
the solution used to treat
the felt. Attacking the
central nervous system,
the toxin led to
behavioral symptoms.
In the Middle Ages,
young men and women
drew names from a bowl
to see who their
valentines would be.
They would wear these
names on their sleeves
for one week. To wear
your heart on your sleeve
now means that it is easy
for other people to know
how you are feeling.

"Kemo Sabe" means

"soggy shrub" in Navajo.
"Long in the tooth,"
meaning "old," was
originally used to
describe horses. As
horses age, their gums
recede, giving the
impression that their
teeth are growing. The
longer the teeth look, the
older the horse.
No word in the English
language rhymes with
month, orange, silver,
and purple.

Oddly, no term existed

for "homosexuality" in
ancient Greece - there
were only a variety of
expressions referring to
specific homosexual
roles. Experts find this
baffling, as the old Greek
culture regarded
male/male love in the
highest regard.
According to several
linguists, the word
"homosexual" was not
coined until 1869 by the
Hungarian physician
Karoly Maria Benkert.
Of all the words in the
English language, the
word "set" has the most
definitions.

"Ough" can be
pronounced in eight
different ways. The
following sentence
contains them all: "A
rough-coated, doughfaced ploughman strode
through the streets of
Scarborough, coughing
and hiccoughing
thoughtfully.
Poor whites in Florida
and Georgia are called
"crackers." They got the
name from their principal
staple food, cracked
corn. Another theory
states that the name
comes from the days
when they would drive

cattle southward using

the "crack" of their
bullwhips to keep the
animals in line and
moving.
"Rhythms" is the longest
English word without the
normal vowels, a, e, i, o,
or u.
"Second string," meaning
"replacement or backup,"
comes from the middle
ages. An archer always
carried a second string in
case the one on his bow
broke.

The "O" when used as a

prefix in Irish surnames
means "descendant of."
The "y" in signs reading
"ye olde.." is properly
pronounced with a "th"
sound, not "y". The "th"
sound does not exist in
Latin, so ancient Roman
occupied (present day)
England used the rune
"thorn" to represent "th"
sounds. With the advent
of the printing press the
character from the
Roman alphabet which
closest resembled thorn
was the lower case "y".
The ancient Romans
built such an excellent

system of roads that the

saying arose "all roads
lead to Rome," that is, no
matter which road one
starts a journey on, he
will finally reach Rome
if he keeps on traveling.
The popular saying came
to mean that all ways or
methods of doing
something end in the
same result, no method
being better than another.
The correct response to
the Irish greeting, "Top
of the morning to you,"
is "and the rest of the day
to yourself."
The expletive, "Holy
Toledo," refers to Toledo,

Spain, which became an

outstanding Christian
cultural center in 1085.
The idiom "pillar of salt"
means to have a stroke,
or to become paralyzed
and dead.
The last thing to happen
is the ultimate. The nextto-last is the penultimate,
and the second-to-last is
the antepenultimate.
The phrase "raining cats
and dogs" originated in
17th Century England.
During heavy downpours
of rain, many of these
poor animals

unfortunately drowned
and their bodies would
be seen floating in the
rain torrents that raced
through the streets. The
situation gave the
appearance that it had
literally rained "cats and
dogs" and led to the
current expression.
The phrase "sleep tight"
originated when
mattresses were set upon
ropes woven through the
bed frame. To remedy
sagging ropes, one would
use a bed key to tighten
the rope.
The phrase "rule of
thumb" is derived from

an old English law which

stated that you couldn't
beat your wife with
anything wider than your
thumb. Actually, that's a
piece of folk etymology.
The phrase refers to the
use of rough and ready
practical experience
rather than formal
procedures in getting
something done. It's most
likely that the saying
comes from carpenters
using the length of the
first joint of the thumb,
which is about an inch
long, to measure things.
So "rule" refers to a ruler
in the sense of
measurement, not of
despotism or male
chauvinism. Other parts

of the body were used as

a ruler, too. A foot was
determined by a pace, the
distance from the tip of
the nose to the
outstretched fingers is
roughly a yard, and horse
heights are still measured
by handsthe width of
the palm and closed
thumb is about four
inches.
The plastic things on the
end of shoelaces are
called aglets.
The ridges on the sides
of coins are called
reeding or milling.

The right side of a boat

was called the starboard
side due to the fact that
the astronavigators used
to stand out on the plank
(which was on the right
side) to get an
unobstructed view of the
stars. The left side was
called the port side
because that was the side
that you put in on at the
port.
The side of a hammer is
a cheek.
The study of insects is
called entomology.

The study of word

origins is called
etymology.
The symbol on the
"pound" key (#) is called
an octothorpe.
The term "devil's
advocate" comes from
the Roman Catholic
Church. When deciding
if someone should be
sainted, a devil's
advocate is always
appointed to give an
alternative view.
The term "dog days" has
nothing to do with dogs.
It dates back to Roman

times, when it was

believed that Sirius, the
Dog Star, added its heat
to that of the sun from
July3 to August 11,
creating exceptionally
high temperatures. The
Romans called the period
dies caniculares, or "days
of the dog."
The term "honeymoon"
is derived from the
Babylonians who
declared mead, a honeyflavored wine, the
official wedding drink,
stipulating that the
bride's parents be
required to keep the
groom supplied with the

drink for the month

following the wedding.
The term "throw one's
hat in the ring" comes
from boxing, where
throwing a hat into the
ring once signified a
challenge. Today it
nearly always signifies
political candidacy.
The term "the whole 9
yards" came from W.W.II
fighter pilots in the South
Pacific. When arming
their airplanes on the
ground, the .50 caliber
machine gun ammo belts
measured exactly 27 feet,
before being loaded into
the fuselage. If the pilots

fired all their ammo at a

target, it got "the whole 9
yards."
The term, "It's all fun and
games until someone
loses an eye" is from
Ancient Rome. The only
rule during wrestling
matches was, "No eye
gouging." Everything
else was allowed, but the
only way to be
disqualified is to poke
someone's eye out.
The two lines that
connect your top lip to
the bottom of your nose
are known as the
philtrum.

The white part of your

fingernail is called the
lunula.
The word "homosexual"
was not coined until
1869 by the Hungarian
physician Karoly Maria
Benkert.
The word "honcho"
comes from a Japanese
word meaning "squad
leader" and first came
into usage in the English
language during the
American occupation of
Japan following World
War II.

The word "set" has the

highest number of
separate definitions in
the English Language
(192 definitions
according to the Oxford
English Dictionary.)
The word "assassination"
was invented by
Shakespeare.
The word "coach" is
derived from the village
of Kocs, Hungary, where
coaches were invented
and first used.
The word "karate" means
"empty hand."

The word "samba"

means "to rub navels
together."
The word gargoyle
comes down from the
Old French: gargouille,
meaning throat or gullet.
This is also the origin of
the word gargle. The
word describes the sound
produced as water passes
the throat and mixes with
air. In early architecture,
gargoyles were
decorative creatures on
the drains of cathedrals.
The word 'news' did not
come about because it

was the plural of 'new.' It

came from the first
letters of the words
North, East, West and
South. This was because
information was being
gathered from all
different directions.
The word quisling comes
from the name of Major
Vidkun Quisling, a
Norwegian who
collaborated with the
Germans during their
occupation of Norway.
The word now means
"traitor."
The world's largest
alphabet is Cambodian,
with 74 letters.

The ZIP in Zip-code

stands for "Zoning
Improvement Plan."
Theodore Roosevelt was
the only U.S. president to
deliver an inaugural
address without using the
word "I". Abraham
Lincoln, Franklin D.
Roosevelt and Dwight D.
Eisenhower tied for
second place, using "I"
only once in their
inaugural addresses.
There are roughly 6,500
spoken languages in the
world today. However,
about 2,000 of those

languages have fewer

than 1,000 speakers. The
most widely spoken
language in the world is
Mandarin Chinese. There
are 885,000,000 people
in China that speak that
language.
Victor Hugo's Les
Miserables contains one
of the longest sentences
in the French language 823 words without a
period.
Did you know the
most commonly used
letter in the alphabet
is E

 Did you know the

least used letter in
the alphabet is Q
Did you know
dreamt is the only
word that ends in mt
Did you know the
first letters of the
months July through
to November spell
JASON
Did you know there
are only 4 words in
the English language
which end in 'dous'
(they are: hazardous,
horrendous,
stupendous and
tremendous)
Did you know the
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 know the
word 'Strengths' is
the longest word in
the English language
with just one vowel
Did you know the
dot on top of the
letter 'i' is called a
tittle
Did you know the
past tense for the

English word 'dare'

is 'durst'
Did you know the
word 'testify' derived
from a time when
men were required to
swear on their
testicles
Did you know the
first English
dictionary was
written in 1755
Did you know the
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 know the

longest one syllable
word in the English
language is
'screeched'
Did you know all
pilots on
international flights
identify themselves
in English regardless
of their country of
origin
Did you know the
expression to
'knuckle down'
originated from
playing marbles
(players used to put
their knuckles to the
ground for their best
shots)

 Did you know the

word 'almost' is the
longest in the
English language
with all the letters in
alphabetical order
Did you know the
most commonly used
word in English
conversation is 'I'
The word
"Checkmate" in
chess comes from
the Persian phrase
"Shah Mat," which
means "the king is
dead".

The only city whose

name can be spelled
completely with
vowels is Aiea,
Hawaii.
Facetious and
abstemious contain
all the vowels in the
correct order, as does
arsenious, meaning
"containing arsenic."
"Polish" is the only
word in the English
language that when
capitalized is
changed from a noun
or a verb to a
nationality.
"Corduroy" comes
from the French,

"cord du roi" or
"cloth of the king."
The slash character
is called a virgule, or
solidus. A URL uses
slash characters, not
back slash
characters.
The only 15 letter
word that can be
spelled without
repeating a letter is
uncopyrightable.
The verb "cleave" is
the only English
word with two
synonyms which are
antonyms of each
other: adhere and
separate.

The combination
"ough" can be
pronounced in nine
different ways. The
following sentence
contains them all: "A
rough-coated,
dough-faced,
thoughtful
ploughman strode
through the streets of
Scarborough; after
falling into a slough,
he coughed and
hiccoughed."
The highest scoring
word in the English
language game of
Scrabble is 'Quartzy'.
This will score 164
points if played
across a red triple-

word square with the

Z on a light blue
double-letter square.
It will score 162
points if played
across two pink
double-word squares
with the Q and the Y
on those squares.
'Bezique' and
'Cazique' are next
with a possible 161
points. All three
words score an extra
50 points for having
seven letters and
therefore emptying
the letter rack in one
go.

The English word

with the most
consonants in a row
is latchstring.
The word "robot"
was created by Karel
Capek. It came from
Czech/Slovak
"robotovat," which
means to work very
hard.
The only word that
consists of two
letters, each used
three times is the
word "deeded."
A hamlet is a village
without a church and
a town is not a city
until it has a
cathedral.

 The stress in
Hungarian words
always falls on the
first syllable.
The word "karate"
means "empty hand."
The word "girl"
appears only once in
the Bible.
The abbrevation
"PDX" (Portland
International
Airport) is derived
from "P" standing
for Portland and
"DX" meaning long
distance or wide
reaching.
The abbreviation
"ORD" for Chicago's

O'Hare airport comes

from the old name
"Orchard Field."
Switching letters is
called spoonerism.
For example, saying
jag of Flapan,
instead of flag of
Japan.
AHIMOTUVW
X Y are the
symmetric capital
letters in the Roman
alphabet. i l o t u v w
x are the symmetric
lower case letters in
the Roman alphabet.
All Hebrew
orignating names
that end with the
letters "el" have

something to do with
God. Source: Joshua
Allen
The 'v' in the name
of a court case does
not stand for 'versus',
but for 'and' (in civil
proceedings) or
'against' (in criminal
proceedings).
The term,
honeymoon, is
derived from the
Babylonians who
declared mead, a
honey-flavored wine,
the official wedding
drink, stipulating
that the bride's
parents be required
to keep the groom
supplied with the

drink for the month

following the
wedding; that month
became known as
the honeymonth,
hence our
honeymoon.
Source: Bryan Giese
"Rhythm" and
"syzygy" are the
longest English
words without
vowels.
The national anthem
of the Netherlands
"Het Wilhelmus," is
an 'acrostichon.' The
first letters of each of
the fifteen verses
represent the name
"Willem Van
Nassov" (old

spelling.)
Source: Albert
Siersema
The two longest onesyllable words in the
English language are
"screeched" and
"strengths." Source:
Michael Baraz
'Strengths' is the
longest word in the
English language
with just one vowel.
The longest placename still in use is
Taumatawhakatangih
angakoauauotamatea
turipukakapikimaung
ahoronukupokaiwhe
nuakitanatahu, a
New Zealand hill.

The longest word in

the English
language, according
to the Oxford
English Dictionary,
is
pneumonoultramicro
scopicsilicovolcanoc
oniosis. It is a a
pneumoconiosis
caused by the
inhalation of very
fine silicate or quartz
dust. The only other
word with the same
amount of letters is
pneumonoultramicro
scopicsilicovolcanoc
onioses, its plural.
The second longest
word in the Oxford
English Dictionary is

"floccinaucinihilipili
fication," which
means "the act of
estimating as
worthless."
The third longest
word in the English
language is
"antidisestablishmen
terianism".
The longest muscle
name is the "levator
labiisuperioris
alaeque nasi" and
Elvis popularized it
with his lip motions.
'Stewardesses' and
'reverberated' are the
two longest words
(12 letters each) that

can be typed using

on the left hand.
The longest word
that can be typed
using on the right
hand is 'lollipop'.
'Skepticisms' is the
longest word that
can be typed using
alternate hands.
One of the longest
English words that
can be typed using
the top row of a
typewriter (allowing
multiple uses of
letters) is
'typewriter.'
One out of every
eight letters used in

written English is an
e. Source: "2201
Fascinating Facts"
Alma mater means
bountiful mother.
No words in the
English language
rhyme with orange,
silver or purple.
The language
Malayalam, spoken
in parts of India, is
the only language
whose name is a
palindrome.
The words
'sacrilegious' and
'religion' do not
share the same
etymological root.

The phrase "sleep

tight" originated
when mattresses
were set upon ropes
woven through the
bed frame. To
remedy sagging
ropes, one would use
a bed key to tighten
the rope.
No word in the
English language
rhymes with month.
"Evian" spelled
backwards is naive.
The word denim
comes from
'deNimes', or from
Nimes, a place in
France.

 Dublin comes from

the Irish Dubh Linn
which means
Blackpool.
Scottish is the
language called
Gaelic, whereas Irish
is actually called
Gaeilge.
"Freelance" comes
from a knight whose
lance was free for
hire, i.e. not pledged
to one master.
The term "Mayday"
used for signaling
for help after (SOS),
it comes from the
French term
"M'aidez" which is
pronounced

"MayDay" and
means, "Help Me"
The term "devil's
advocate"comes
from the Roman
Catholic church.
When deciding if
someone should
become a saint, a
devil's advocate is
always appointed to
give an alternative
view.
When two words are
combined to form a
single word (e.g.,
motor + hotel =
motel, breakfast +
lunch = brunch) the
new word is called a
"portmanteau."

 Avocado is derived
from the Spanish
word 'aguacate'
which is derived
from 'ahuacatl'
meaning testicle.
AM and PM stand
for "Ante-Meridian"
and "Post-Meridian,"
respectively, and
A.D. actually stands
for "Anno Domini"
rather than "After
Death."
The phrase "rule of
thumb" is derived
from an old English
law which stated that
you couldn't beat
your wife with
anything wider than
your thumb.

Lucifer is latin for

"Light Bringer". It is
a translation of the
Hebrew name for
Satan, Halael. Satan
Means "adversary",
devil means "liar".
Facetious and
abstemious contain
all the vowels in the
correct order.
The heraldic term
"gules", meaning
red, comes from the
French word
"gueules", meaning a
throat.
The "D" in D-day
means "Day". The
French term for "DDay" is "J-jour".

 The only Dutch

word to contain eight
consecutive
consonants is
'angstschreeuw'.
There is a word in
the English language
with only one vowel,
which occurs six
times: Indivisibility.
The letters H I O X
in the latin alphabet
is the only ones that
look the same if you
turn them upside
down or see them
from behind.
There are only 12
letters in the
Hawaiian alphabet.

The youngest letters

in the English
language are "j," "v"
and "w."
The only capital
letter in the Roman
alphabet with exactly
one end point is P.
The dot over the
letter 'i' is called a
tittle.
"Xmas" does not
begin with the
Roman letter X. It
begins with the
Greek letter "chi,"
which was used in
medieval
manuscripts as an
abbreviation for the

word "Christ"
(xus=christus, etc.)
The letter W is the
only letter in the
alphabet that doesn't
have 1 syllable... it
has three.
"Bookkeeper" and
"bookkeeping" are
the only words in the
English language
with three
consecutive double
letters.
There is a seven
letter word in the
English language
that contains ten
words without
rearranging any of
its letters, "therein":

the, there, he, in,

rein, her, here, here,
ere therein, herein.
"Underground" is the
only word in the
English language
that begins and ends
with the letters
"und."
"Dreamt" is the only
English word that
ends in the letters
"mt".
There are only three
words in the English
language with the
letter combination
"uu." Muumuu,
vacuum and
continuum.

 The first letters of

the names of the
Great Lakes spell
HOMES.
The first letters of
the months July
through November,
in order, spell the
name JASON.
The oldest word in
the English language
is "town"
Hydroxydesoxycorti
costeroneandhydrox
ydeoxycorticosteron
es are the largest
anagrams.
Los Angeles's full
name is "El Pueblo
de Nuestra Senora la

Reina de los Angeles

de Porciuncula" and
can be abbreviated to
3.63% of its size,
"L.A."
The Old English
word for "sneeze" is
"fneosan."
The word
"Boondocks" comes
from the Tagalog
(Filipino) word
"Bundok," which
means mountain.
Maine is the only
state whose name is
just one syllable.
The derivation of the
word trivia comes
from the Latin "tri-"

+ "via", which
means three streets.
This is because in
ancient times, at an
intersection of three
streeets in Rome (or
some other Italian
place), they would
have a type of kiosk
where ancillary
information was
listed. You might be
interested in it, you
might not, hence
they were bits of
"trivia."
There are only four
words in the English
language which end
in "-dous":
tremendous,
horrendous,

stupendous, and
hazardous.
"Speak of the Devil"
is short for "Speak of
the Devil and he
shall come". It was
believed that if you
spoke about the
Devil it would attract
his attention. That's
why when your
talking about
someone and they
show up people say
"Speak of the Devil"
The "Nullarbor" in
Nullarbor Desert in
Western Australia is
a Latin name;
Null=No,
Arbor=Trees.

 The word "samba"

means "to rub navels
together."
The 'y' in signs
reading "ye olde.." is
properly pronounced
with a 'th' sound, not
'y'. The "th" sound
does not exist in
Latin, so ancient
Roman occupied
(present day)
England use the rune
"thorn" to represent
"th" sounds. With the
advent of the
printing press the
character from the
Roman alphabet
which closest
resembled thorn was
the lower case "y".

"Hara kiri" is an
impolite way of
saying the Japanese
word "seppuku"
which means,
literally, "belly
splitting."
The word "set" has
more definitions than
any other word in the
English language.
The word "moose"
was originally
Algonquin.
The Sanskrit word
for "war" means
"desire for more
cows."
The ampersand (&)
is actually a stylised

version of the Latin

word "et," meaning
and."
The word "hangnail"
comes from Middle
English:ang(painful) + nail.
Nothing to do with
hanging.
QANTAS, the name
of the Australian
national airline, is a
(former) acronym,
for Queensland And
Northern Territories
Air Service.
The word 'byte' is a
contraction of 'by
eight.'

The word 'pixel' is a

contraction of either
'picture cell' or
'picture element.'
No modern language
has a true concept of
"I am." It is always
used linked with are
in reference of
another verb.
The naval rank of
"Admiral" is derived
from the Arabic
phrase "amir al
bahr", which means
"lord of the sea"
In Chinese, the
words for crisis and
opportunity are the
same.

 German has a word

for the peace
offerings brought to
your mate when
you've committed
some conceived
slight. This is
"drachenfutter" or
dragon's food.
The Chinese
ideogram for
"trouble" symbolizes
"two women living
under one roof".
The correct response
to the Irish greeting,
"Top of the morning
to you," is "and the
rest of the day to
yourself."

Swahili is
acombination of
African tribal
languages, Arabic
and Portuguese.
The abbreviation for
pound, "lb.," comes
from the astrological
sign Libra, meaning
balance, and
symbolized by
scales.
The name Jeep came
from the
abbreviation used in
the army for the
"General Purpose"
vehicle, G.P.
The native tribe of
Tierradel Fuego has
a language so

guttural it cannot
have an alphabet.
Sheriff came from
Shire Reeve. During
early years of
monarchial rule in
England, each shire
had a reeve who was
the law for that shire.
When the term was
brought to the
United States it was
shortned to Sheriff.
The Greek version of
the Old Testament is
called the
Septuagint.
The word
"queueing" is the
only English word

with five consecutive

vowels.
The word "modem"
is a contraction of
the words "modulate,
demodulate."
(MOdulateDEModul
ate)
"Mr. Mojo Risin" is
an anagram for Jim
Morrison.
The shortest French
word with all five
vowels is "oiseau"
meaning bird.
Pinocchio is Italian
for "pine head."
The infinity sign is
called a lemniscate.

 The only word in the

English language
with all five vowels
in reverse order is
"subcontinental."

in "dous":
tremendous,
horrendous,
stupendous, and
hazardous.

English Language
Trivia

The longest onesyllable word in the

English language is
screeched."

No word in the
English language
rhymes with month,
orange, silver,or purp
le.

There are only four

words in the English
language which end

Los Angeles' full

name is "El Pueblo
de Nuestra Senora
la Reina de los Ange
les de Porciuncula"
"Dreamt" is the only
English word that
ends in the letters
"mt".
There are no words
in the dictionary that
rhyme with: orange,
purple, and silver!
Stewardesses is the
longest word typed
with only the left
hand.

The dot over the

letter 'i' is called
a tittle.

alternately:
"Go," is the shortest
complete sentence in
the English
language.

The combination
"ough" can be
pronounced in nine
different ways. The
following sentence
contains them all: "A
rough-coated,
dough-faced,
thoughtful
ploughman strode
through the streets
of Scarborough;
after
falling into a slough,
he coughed and
hiccoughed."

"I am." is the

shortest complete
sentence in the
English language.

The longest word in

the English language
is 1909 letters long
and it
refers to a distinct
part of DNA.

The verb "cleave" is

the only English
word with two
synonyms which
are antonyms of each
other: adhere and
separate.
The only 15 letter
word that can be
spelled without
repeating a

letter
is uncopyrightable.
Facetious and
abstemious contain
all the vowels in the
correct
order, as
does arsenious,
meaning "containing
arsenic."
The word
"Checkmate" in
chess comes from
the Persian phrase
"Shah
Mat," which means
"the king is dead".

dog" uses
every letter in the
English language.

Pinocchio is Italian
for "pine head."

The sentence "the

quick brown fox
jumps over the lazy

The names of all the

continents end with
the same letter that
they
start with.
The word
"lethologica"
describes the state of
not being able to
remember the word
you want.
TYPEWRITER, is
the longest word that
can be made using
the letters
on only one row of
the keyboard.
The word racecar
and kayak are the

same whether they

are read left
to right or right to
left.
No word in the
English language
rhymes with month.

The most common

name in the world is

Mohammed.
The name Wendy
was made up for the
book "Peter Pan."

The Bible has been

translated
into Klingon.