28.7.11

Did you know? English version.

I felt the need to share these. Mostly cause it's summer and I haven't leaned anything in the last 2 months.. Til now. Ohh and English is my favorite subject.. So there ya go.

-Did you know the most commonly used letter in the alphabet is E.
-Did you know the least used letter in the alphabet is Q.
-Did you know skiing is the only word with double i.
-Did you know dreamt is the only word that ends in mt.
-Did you know the first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON.
-Did you known there are only 4 words in the English language which end in 'dous' (they are: hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and tremendous).
-Did you know the oldest word in the English language is 'town'.
-Did you know 'Bookkeeper' and 'bookkeeping' are the only 2 words in the English language with three consecutive double letters.
-Did you know the word 'Strengths' is the longest word in the English language with just one vowel.
-Did you know the dot on top of the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
-Did you know the past tense for the English word 'dare' is 'durst'.
-Did you know the word 'testify' derived from a time when men were required to swear on their testicles.
-Did you know the first English dictionary was written in 1755.
-Did you know the word old English word 'juke' meaning dancing lends its name to the juke box.
-Did you know 1 out of every 8 letters written is an e.
-Did you know the longest one syllable word in the English language is 'screeched'.
-Did you know all pilots on international flights identify themselves in English regardless of their country of origin.
-Did you know the expression to 'knuckle down' originated from playing marbles (players used to put their knuckles to the ground for their best shots).
-Did you know the word 'almost' is the longest in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
-Did you know the most commonly used word in English conversation is 'I'.

Did you know any of that? Cause I did. Consider yourself taught. Have a nice day!

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