INTERESTING FACTS of English language

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 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' 

• 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.