I have always been mesmerized by the English language. Ever since I was in in elementary, English has held a special place in me. It's not that I don't love our very own language, Filipino, but there is such a curiosity that only the English language can satisfy. I need not account here how many experiences have I had with the English language that made me more attached to it. Some of these were worth keeping that up to now I still remember them pretty clearly.
And so when I chanced upon these awesome trivias about some English words while I was browsing messages in our Yahoo Groups (SSE61), I did not think twice in posting it here and share it for everyone to see. Enjoy and have fun!!
Just keep scrolling down.
This is very interesting!
Some of these items I already knew, but what the heck, at least you will learn too.
'Stewardesses'
is the longest word typed with only the left hand
'Lollipop'
is the longest word typed with your right hand.
(Bet you tried this out mentally, didn't you?)
No word in the English language rhymes with
'Month', 'Orange', Silver', or 'Purple'.
'Dreamt'
is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'.
(Are you doubting this?)
Our 'Eyes' are always the same size from birth,
but our 'Nose and Ears' never stop growing.
The sentence:
'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog'
uses every letter of the alphabet.
(Now, you KNOW you're going to try this out for accuracy, right?
The words 'Racecar,' 'Kayak'and 'Level'
are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
(Yep, I knew you were going to 'do' this one.)
There are only four words in the English language which end in 'dous':
'Tremendous', 'Horrendous', 'Stupendous', and 'Hazardous'.
(You're not doubting this, are you?)
There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: 'Abstemious' and 'Facetious.'
(Yes, admit it, you are going to say, a e i o u)
'Typewriter'
is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
(All you typists are going to test this out)
A 'Cat' has 32 muscles in each ear.
A 'Goldfish' has a memory span of three seconds.
(Some days that's about what my memory span is.)
A 'Jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
A 'Shark' is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
A 'Snail' can sleep for three years.
(I know some people that could do this too.!)
'Almonds'
are a member of the peach family.
An 'ostrich's eye' is bigger than its brain.
(I know some people like that also)
Babiesare born 'without kneecaps'.
They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
'February 1865'
is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been
'domesticated'.
If the population of China walked past you, '8 abreast',
the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
'Leonardo Da Vinci'
invented the scissors.
'Peanuts'
are one of the ingredients of dynamite!
'Rubber bands'
last longer when refrigerated.
The average person's left hand does '56%' of the typing.
The cruise liner, 'QE 2', moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
The microwavewas invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
(Good thing he did that.)
'The winter of 1932' was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
There are more 'chickens'than people in the world.
'Winston Churchill'
was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
'Women' blink nearly twice as much as men.
Now you know more than you did before!!
And so when I chanced upon these awesome trivias about some English words while I was browsing messages in our Yahoo Groups (SSE61), I did not think twice in posting it here and share it for everyone to see. Enjoy and have fun!!
Just keep scrolling down.
This is very interesting!
Some of these items I already knew, but what the heck, at least you will learn too.
'Stewardesses'
is the longest word typed with only the left hand
'Lollipop'
is the longest word typed with your right hand.
(Bet you tried this out mentally, didn't you?)
No word in the English language rhymes with
'Month', 'Orange', Silver', or 'Purple'.
'Dreamt'
is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'.
(Are you doubting this?)
Our 'Eyes' are always the same size from birth,
but our 'Nose and Ears' never stop growing.
The sentence:
'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog'
uses every letter of the alphabet.
(Now, you KNOW you're going to try this out for accuracy, right?
The words 'Racecar,' 'Kayak'
and 'Level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
(Yep, I knew you were going to 'do' this one.)
There are only four words in the English language which end in 'dous':
'Tremendous', 'Horrendous', 'Stupendous', and 'Hazardous'.
(You're not doubting this, are you?)
There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: 'Abstemious' and 'Facetious.'
(Yes, admit it, you are going to say, a e i o u)
'Typewriter'
is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
(All you typists are going to test this out)
A 'Cat' has 32 muscles in each ear.
A 'Goldfish' has a memory span of three seconds.
(Some days that's about what my memory span is.)
A 'Jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
A 'Shark' is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
A 'Snail' can sleep for three years.
(I know some people that could do this too.!)
'Almonds'
are a member of the peach family.
An 'ostrich's eye'
is bigger than its brain. (I know some people like that also)
Babies
are born 'without kneecaps'. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
'February 1865'
is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been
'domesticated'.
If the population of China walked past you, '8 abreast',
the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
'Leonardo Da Vinci'
invented the scissors.
'Peanuts'
are one of the ingredients of dynamite!
'Rubber bands'
last longer when refrigerated.
The average person's left hand does '56%' of the typing.
The cruise liner, 'QE 2', moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
The microwave
was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. (Good thing he did that.)
'The winter of 1932' was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
There are more 'chickens'
than people in the world.'Winston Churchill'
was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
'Women' blink nearly twice as much as men.
Now you know more than you did before!!
