Weird Word
Reading books or glancing through a dictionary, speaking with people or thinking aloud. Words are everywhere and knowledge of words is the basis for the knowledge of life itself. But sometimes all this knowledge gets heavy and brain gets fatigued of reading all the intellectual stuff. For taking a break from all the studying- Here are a few fun facts (about words.)
1.
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is
"screeched."
Read
the word? Now imagine the irritating sound a chalk makes on the board or when a
car applies emergency brakes at a high speed. That is a ‘screech’ and that is
an irritant.
2.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the
letters "mt".
And
the phenomenon, the end of which is often unclear is a dream. Come to think of
it, I never remember how my dreams start!
3.
The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
And
it rhymes with ‘Little’
4.
The word "set" has more definitions than any other
word in the English language.
The
word ‘Run’ has 179 and ‘Take’ has 127 and ‘Set’ has more than both!
5.
"Underground" is the only word in the English
language that begins and ends with the letters "und."
Is
there any fact about the word ‘Most Wanted’?
6.
There are only four words in the English language which end
in "-dous" -- tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
Un
‘dous’ tres? No? Ok.
7.
The longest word in the English language, according to the
Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
My
head hurts!
8.
The only other word with the same amount of letters is
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.
I
feel a tumor growing in my brain.
9.
The longest place-name still in use is a New Zealand hill,
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwenuakitnatahu.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand
I am dead.
10. There is a
seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without
rearranging any of its letters, "therein" -- the, there, he, in,
rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.
One
word for all your vocabulary-related problems!
11. "Stewardesses"
is the longest word that can be typed with only the left hand.
What?
People type with left hand? Well, I type with right finger, so…
12. To
"testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement
made by swearing on their testicles.
What
about women? Do they vaginify?
13. The
combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The
following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced,
thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling
into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."
The
ploughman concerned isn’t a very healthy man I guess.
14. The only
15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is
uncopyrightable.
Apparently
copyleft is also a word!
15. Facetious
and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does arsenious,
meaning "containing arsenic."
AEIOU!
I didn’t scream, these are the vowels.
16. 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.
Miniature versions include Pea and Pee.
17. "Almost" is the longest word in the
English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
So is Blowxyz.
18.
The
average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately
50,000 English words.
I am going on a 35 mile journey with my pencil.
#ForeverAlone
19. The six official languages of the United Nations are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
UN- The most peaceful peacekeeper.
20. "Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
I would give a chocolate bar to the
person who will list 20 vowel-less words.
