Several Completely Useless Facts!
Th.tư, 26/05/2010, 17:32 Lượt xem: 2414
  • The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.
  • Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!
  • "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
  • "Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
  • TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
  • "Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
  • No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH".
  • The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
    The "dot" over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
  • The only capital letter in the Roman alphabet with exactly one end point is P.
  • The longest place name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauotameteat uripukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenua kitanatahu -- a New Zealand hill. (See if your spell check has this word)
  • Los Angeles's full name is: "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de losAngeles de Poriuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "LA."
  • "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."
  • There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

 

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