InterestingFactsAboutEnglishinnoparticularorder...

ThemostcommonletterinEnglishis"e".
ThemostcommonconsonantinEnglishis"r",followedby"t".
OnlytwoEnglishwordsincurrentuseendin"gry".Theyare"angry"and"hungry".
MoreEnglishwordsbeginwiththeletter"s"thanwithanyotherletter.
Theword"uncopyrightable"isthelongestEnglishwordinnormalusethatcontainsnolettermorethanonce.
Asentencethatcontainsall26lettersofthealphabetiscalleda"pangram".Thefollowingsentencecontains
all26lettersofthealphabet:"Thequickbrownfoxjumpsoverthelazydog."Thissentenceisoftenusedto
testtypewritersorkeyboards.
Awordformedbyjoiningtogetherpartsofexistingwordsiscalleda"blend".Manynewwordsenterthe
Englishlanguageinthisway.Examplesare"brunch"(breakfast+lunch);"motel"(motorcar+hotel).Note
thatblendsarenotthesameascompoundsorcompoundnouns,whichformwhentwowholewordsjoin
together,forexample:website,blackboard,darkroom.
ThelongestEnglishwordwithoutatruevowel(a,e,i,ooru)is"rhythm".
Thereareonly4Englishwordsincommonuseendingin"dous":hazardous,horrendous,stupendous,and
tremendous.
The"QWERTYkeyboard"gainsitsnamefromthefactthatitsfirst6letterkeysareQ,W,E,R,TandY.The
reasonforthisisonearlytypewriters,thekeysneededtobearrangedinacertainwaysothatthemechanical
rodswhichheldthelettersdidnotclashtoomuchandjam.Thelettersneededtobeseparatedsothatthe
oneswhichweremostcommonlyusedwerenotnexttoeachother.
Englishistheofficiallanguageofthesky!Itdoesntmatterwhichcountrytheyarefrom,allpilotsspeakin
Englishoninternationalflights.

ApproximatelyonenewwordisaddedtotheEnglishlanguageeverytwohoursandaround4,000newwords
areaddedtotheEnglishdictionaryeveryyear.
Doyouknowabout'crutchwords'?Crutchwordsarethosewordswhichweslipintosentencestogiveus
more time to think or emphasize on some point. We start using them unconsciously but gradually they
becamepartofourverbaltics. Fewexamplesofthesewordsareactually,obviously,like,honestly,basically
etc.Mostofthetimestheydon'taddanyvalueormeaningofastatement,forexample,'Iactuallywasabsent
thatday.'Sowhatisyourcrutchword?
Doyouknowabouta5letterwordinEnglishdictionary,whichispronouncedinthesamewayevenwhen
thelastfourlettersareremovedfromit?Oh,youguesseditright,itisqueue.
Hereisonemoreinterestinghistoryoforiginanotherwordtrivia.ItcomesfromaLatinwordtriviumwhich
meansaplacewhere3roadsmeet,akindofpeoplesquareinoldtimes.Peoplewouldregularlygatherthere
&wouldtalkaboutallkindofthings,mostofwhichwereverysmall&mostlyuselesssothetriviaword
originatedwhichmeansinterestingbutuselessthings.
Englishmightbethemostwidespreadlanguageintheworldbuttheresstillnohaminhamburger,noeggin
eggplantandneitherpinenorappleinpineapple.
Ifwearethehumanrace,thenwhoiswinning?
Rhetoricalquestions,whoneedsthem?
Q:Whatletterofthealphabetisaninsect?A:B.(bee)
Q:Whatletterisapartofthehead?A:I.(eye)

Q:Whatletterisadrink?A:T.(tea)
Q:Whatletterisabodyofwater?A:C.(sea)
Q:Whatletterisavegetable?A:P.(pea)
Q:Whatletterislookingforcauses?A:Y.(why)
WhenIwasyoungIdidn'tlikegoingtoweddings.
Mygrandmotherwouldtellme,"You'renext"
However,shestoppeddoingthatafterIstartedsayingthesamethingtoheratfunerals.
Thedoctortothepatient:'Youareverysick'
Thepatienttothedoctor:'CanIgetasecondopinion?'
Thedoctoragain:'Yes,youareveryuglytoo...'
Iusethisjokeforretellinginreportedspeech.
Amangoestothedoctorandsays,"Doctor,whereverItouch,ithurts."
Thedoctorasks,"Whatdoyoumean?"
Themansays,"WhenItouchmyshoulder,itreallyhurts.IfItouchmykneeOUCH!WhenItouchmy
forehead,itreally,reallyhurts."
Thedoctorsays,"Iknowwhat'swrongwithyouyou'vebrokenyourfinger!"
Patient:Doctor,IhaveapaininmyeyewheneverIdrinktea.
Doctor:Takethespoonoutofthemugbeforeyoudrink.
Asnailwalksintoabarandthebarmantellshimthere'sastrictpolicyabouthavingsnailsinthebarandso
kickshimout.Ayearlaterthesamesnailreentersthebarandasksthebarman"Whatdidyoudothatfor?"
Apersonwhospeakstwolanguagesisbilingual...Apersonwhospeaksthreelanguagesistrilingual...Aperson
whospeaksfourormorelanguagesismultilingual.Whatisapersonwhospeaksonelanguage?AnAmerican.
Amanreceivesaphonecallfromhisdoctor.
Thedoctorsays,"Ihavesomegoodnewsandsomebadnews."
Themansays,"OK,givemethegoodnewsfirst."
Thedoctorsays,"Thegoodnewsis,youhave24hourstolive."
Themanreplies,"Ohno!Ifthat'sthegoodnews,thenwhat'sthebadnews?"
Thedoctorsays,"Thebadnewsis,Iforgottocallyouyesterday."
PunctuateAteacherwritesonachalkboardthesentence:"Awomanwithouthermanisnothing"Theteacher
thenaskstheboystopunctuateitproperly,andtheyallwrite:"Awoman,withoutherman,isnothing"The
teacherasksthegirlstopunctuateitandtheywrite:"Awoman:withouther,manisnothing"
PandaApandawalksintoacaf.Heordersasandwich,eatsit,thendrawsagunandfirestwoshotsinthe
air."Why?"askstheconfusedwaiter,asthepandamakestowardstheexit.Thepandaproducesabadly
punctuatedwildlifemanualandtossesitoverhisshoulder."Imapanda,"hesaysatthedoor."Lookitup."
Thewaiterturnstotherelevantentryand,sureenough,findsanexplanation."Panda.Largeblackandwhite
bearlikemammal,nativetoChina.Eats,shootsandleaves."