Hello friends here is the 21 interesting facts about English language which is interesting and also surprising to all. English is the most commonly spoken language all over the world. Here is some surprising facts about English language.
21 Interesting Facts About English Language | Surprising Facts About English Language
📗 The word " alphabet " comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet that is ' alpha ' and ' beta '.
📗 The longest word in the English language is " Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis "- it contains 45 letters and it is the scientific name for a type of lung disease.
📗 " The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog " - A sentence that contains every letter of the English alphabet ( that is - A to Z ) at least one time. This type of sentence is called a " Pangram " in English language.
📗 Do you know? - The mostly mispronounced word in English ? And the Answer is - " Pronunciation " ( people mispronounced this word as pronounciation )
📗 Do you know? - The most commonly used letter in English alphabet is "E" and the least used letter is "Q"
📗 Do you know? - The most commonly used " consonant " in English alphabet is " R " and " T " is the second most used consonant in English.
📗 Do you know? - In every two hours one new word is added to the dictionary.
📗 Do you know? - There are more than 4000 new words every year added to the dictionary.
📗 Do you know? - " angry " and " hungry " are the two English words in current use end in "-gry".
📗 Do you know? - The only two words in English language with three consecutive double letters. And the Answer is - " Bookkeeper " and " Bookkeeping " ( oo / kk / ee )
📗 Do you know? - The only word in English with 5 consecutive vowels - in a raw. And the Answer is - Queueing ( meaning - to wait in a line of people ).
📗 Do you know? - " I am " - this sentence in English Language is the shortest sentence which is a complete sentence.
📗 Do you know? - " Uncopyrightable " is the longest word spelled without repeating any letters twice.
📗 Do you know? - What is the original name of " butterfly "in English? And the Answer is - " Flutterby "
📗 Do you know? - " almost " - this word in English language is the longest word with all of the letters in a alphabetical order.
📗 Do you know? - What is the first number spelled out which contains the English alphabet " a " ? And the Answer is - " Thousand " ( there is not contains the letter " a " in any number - one, two,............. ) isn't it amazing
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Do you know? - " good " - this is the most commonly used adjective in English.
📗 Do you know? - The most commonly used noun in English is " time "
📗 Do you know? - " Madam " is the English word look the same backward or forward.
📗 Do you know? - You can say " Day After Tomorrow " as " Overmorrow ".
📗 Do you know? - You can say " Day Before Yesterday " as " Nudiustertian "
📗 The word " Synonym " is one of the few words in English language that doesn't have a synonym.
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