Interesting Facts About English language
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INTERESTING
FACTS ABOUTENGLISH
LANGUAGE!
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➢English is the ofciallanguage o the skies,and all pilots,regardless o theircountry o origin,identiy themselves inEnglish oninternational ights.
FACT NR. 1 FACT NR.2
➢The sentence: 'Thequick bron o!
"umps over the la#ydog' uses everyletter o the Englishalphabet.
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FACT NR .3 FACT NR 4
➢$ntil the %&thcentury the Englishord or actors as
hypocrites.
➢The shortestcomplete sentencein the English
language is (o.
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FACT NR 5
➢ The longest word in English is 45 letterslong ! It is' pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis'! It refers to a lung disease causedby silica dust.
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FACT NR 6 FACT NR 7
➢The only to ordsthat end )*gry+ are)hungry+ and )angry+.
➢- o inormationstored on allcomputers in the
orld is in English.
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FACT NR. 8 FACT NR.9
➢The longest commonEnglish ord ithoutvoels is rhythms.
➢The day atertomorro is called/vermorro.0
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FACT NR.10 FACT NR.11
➢The ord queue ispronounced the sameay hen the last 1
letters are removed.
➢2/2 as ormallyrecogni#ed in 3-%%'supdate o the /!ord
English 4ictionary.
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➢5 you ere torite don thename o everyEnglish number in
order 6one
,two
,three, four 78 yououldn+t use asingle letter 9 untilyou reached onebillion.
FACT NR.12 FACT NR.13
➢/ all the ords inthe English language,the ord 'set' has themost denitions;
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➢There are no ordsthat rhymeith +month+, )orange+,)silver+ and )purple+.
➢ =ou ould besurprised to knothat
)>ronunciation+ isthe mostmispronouncedord
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