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There are some funny facts about the English language. Can you
search and add any more facts to this list?
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“I AM.” IS THE SHORTEST COMPLETE SENTENCE IN THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE.
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For example, the sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy
dog.” is a pangram.
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SUPER CALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS (*BREATH*) IS NOT THE
LONGEST WORD IN ENGLISH.
This extra long word (that approximately means “fantastic”) was popularized by the movie Mary Poppins and was eventually added to the dictionary. What you probably didn’t know is that there is a word that is longer-yes longer-than this one. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is a type of lung disease. Go ahead and try pronouncing that! |
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THE SHORTEST, OLDEST AND MOST COMMONLY USED WORD IS “I”.
Medieval manuscripts reveal that some of the oldest words in English
are “I”, “we”, “two” and “three”. This makes “I” one of the shortest and
oldest words in the English language. It is also the most commonly
used word in English conversations.
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THERE ARE SEVEN WAYS TO SPELL THE SOUND ‘EE’ IN ENGLISH.
This sentence contains all of them: "He believed Caesar could see
people seizing the seas".
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SWIMS WILL BE SWIMS EVEN WHEN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.
Such words are called ambigrams. |