The English Language Part 2
June 2nd 2006 02:32
Instead of the usual "word of the day". Today is the second post where I take a look and some random but interesting facts about the english (and other) languages.
The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
"Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the "und."
There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
In Chinese, the words crisis and opportunity are the same.
Seoul, the South Korean capital, translates to "the capital" in Korean.
Interestingly, "typewriter", is the longest word that can be made using the letters of only one row of the keyboard (top row).
In the last post I said "screeched", with nine letters was the longest one syllable word, however, I have since discovered that "strengths" also has nine letters.
Ironically, the longest word with no repeated letters is "uncopyrightable"
Finally, there are seven ways of spelling letters to create the (ee) sound. The following sentence uses them all: "He believed Caesar could see people seizing the seas."
The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
"Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the "und."
There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
In Chinese, the words crisis and opportunity are the same.
Seoul, the South Korean capital, translates to "the capital" in Korean.
Interestingly, "typewriter", is the longest word that can be made using the letters of only one row of the keyboard (top row).
In the last post I said "screeched", with nine letters was the longest one syllable word, however, I have since discovered that "strengths" also has nine letters.
Ironically, the longest word with no repeated letters is "uncopyrightable"
Finally, there are seven ways of spelling letters to create the (ee) sound. The following sentence uses them all: "He believed Caesar could see people seizing the seas."
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