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English language did you knows

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 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 know 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 The longest English word is a 45-letter word which is the
name of a disease: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
Did you know A superlatively long word of 27 letters having 13 vowels
It alternates consonants and vowels: HONORIFICABILITUDINITATIBUS.
Some more examples are Antidisestablishmentarianism and
Electrophotomicrographically.
Did you know Tongue Twisters - there are many but this may be the
toughest: The sixth sick Sheikh's sixth sheeps sick.
Did you know TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made
using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.
Did you know The word racecar and kayak are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left.
Did you know The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being
able to remember the word you want.
Did you know The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without
repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
Did you know Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the
left hand.
Did you know Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo
de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"
Did you know The longest word that can be typed using on the right
hand is 'lollipop'.
Did you know 'Skepticisms' is the longest word that can be typed
using alternate hand.
Did you know When two words are combined to form a single word
(e.g., motor + hotel = motel, breakfast + lunch = brunch) the new word is
called 6a "portmanteau."
Did you know Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head."
Did you know The infinity sign is called a lemniscate.
Did you know The sentence The quick brown fox jumps over the
lazy dog is a pangram, which is a sentence that uses every letter of the
alphabet.

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