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Here are a few interesting words ~ how many do you know?
1. The first word spoken on the moon was "okay".
2. Seoul, the South Korean capital, means "the capital" in the Korean.
3. The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.
4. There are only four common words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. (There is also annelidous, which you probably won't need unless you are a biologist.)
5. The "you are here" arrow on maps is called an ideo locator.
6. The dot over the letters 'i' and ‘j’ is called a tittle.
7. The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe.
8. The symbol used in many URLs (Web addresses) is called atilde. (~)
9. The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
10. In English, "four" is the only digit that has the same number of letters as its value.
11. Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the American States.
12. The word "trivia" comes from the Latin "trivium" which is the place where three roads meet, a public square. People would gather and talk about all sorts of matters, most of which were trivial.
13. TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters only one row of the keyboard.
14. "Speak of the Devil" is short for "Speak of the Devil and he shall come". It was believed that if you spoke about the Devil it would attract his attention. That's why when you're talking about someone and they show up people say "Speak of the Devil".
15. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat" which means, "the King is dead".
16. Only three words have entered English from Czech: polka,pilsner, and robot.
17. The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.
18. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
19. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
20. The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary is:-pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
Look forward to part 2 tomorrow ...
1. The first word spoken on the moon was "okay".
2. Seoul, the South Korean capital, means "the capital" in the Korean.
3. The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.
4. There are only four common words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. (There is also annelidous, which you probably won't need unless you are a biologist.)
5. The "you are here" arrow on maps is called an ideo locator.
6. The dot over the letters 'i' and ‘j’ is called a tittle.
7. The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe.
8. The symbol used in many URLs (Web addresses) is called atilde. (~)
9. The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
10. In English, "four" is the only digit that has the same number of letters as its value.
11. Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the American States.
12. The word "trivia" comes from the Latin "trivium" which is the place where three roads meet, a public square. People would gather and talk about all sorts of matters, most of which were trivial.
13. TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters only one row of the keyboard.
14. "Speak of the Devil" is short for "Speak of the Devil and he shall come". It was believed that if you spoke about the Devil it would attract his attention. That's why when you're talking about someone and they show up people say "Speak of the Devil".
15. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat" which means, "the King is dead".
16. Only three words have entered English from Czech: polka,pilsner, and robot.
17. The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.
18. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
19. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
20. The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary is:-pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
Look forward to part 2 tomorrow ...
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