Would you like to know some cool things about the English language?
♥Guess what! The English language as we now know it began to emerge in the 14th century from a variety of dialects including Old Norse
and Late West Saxon.
♥Guess what! Mandarin Chinese is the only language spoken by more people around the world than English. There seems to be , at least, a quarter of a million distinct English words, excluding inflections, and words from technical and regional vocabulary not covered by the Oxford English Dictionary.
♥Guess what! The English language grows at a rate of about one new word every two hours
♥Guess what! The oldest word in the English language is ‘town” followed by ” I” and “two”
♥Guess what! The longest one syllable word in the English language is ‘screeched‘ .
♥ Guess what! The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
♥Guess what! 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.
♥Guess what! “Rhythm” is the longest English word without a vowel
♥Guess what! The word “set” has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
♥Guess what! “Go” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language
♥Guess what! The sentence “He believed Caesar could see people seizing the seas” has seven spellings of the sound [ i ].
♥Guess what! The “sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.Give a try!!!
I hope you have enjoyed reading these facts about the English language?
