Most Popular Language Facts


 


1. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter.


2. WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.


3. "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."


4. Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."


5. There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.


6. The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.


7. The word 'Tips' is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.


8. The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.


9. The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!


11. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!


 12. The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!


 13. The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad.


 14. The longest word in the English language with no vowels is 'Rhythms'.


15. The longest word in the English language is 'pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses'!


16. The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!


17. More people in China speak English than in the United States.


18. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!


19. Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.


20. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!