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Not necessarily ‘topics’ for your everyday conversation but none the less interesting usage of the English language...
21. The only other word with the same amount of letters as it is its plural:- pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses.
22.The longest non-medical word in the English language isFLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION, which means "the act of estimating as worthless".
23. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
24. The longest place-name still in use is:-'Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturi pukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwe-nuakit natahu' it is the Maori name of a hill in New Zealand.
25. The longest place name in the UK isLlanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, it means “The name means: "St Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio of the red cave".
26. The longest word in the Old Testament is "Malhershalahashbaz".
27. Mafia in Old Arabic means 'sanctuary'.
28. Some long running myths say that a pregnant goldfish is called a prat, twit, twat or twerp. The correct word is actually "gravid", which describes the condition of a female live-bearing fish when carrying its young.
29. You should know this => Karaoke means 'empty orchestra' in Japanese.
30. The first message taped by Samuel Morse over his invention the telegraph was: "What hath God wraught?"
31. The first words spoken by over Alexander Bell over the telephone were: "Watson, please come here. I want you.”
32. The first words spoken by Thomas Edison over the phonograph were: "Mary had a little lamb."
33. "Papaphobia" is the fear of Popes.
34. The Academy Award statue is named after a librarian's uncle. One day Margaret Herrick, librarian for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, made a remark that the statue looked like her Uncle Oscar, and the name stuck.
35. The three words in the English language with the letters "uu" are: vacuum, residuum and continuum.
36. "Underground" is the only word in English that begins and ends with the letters "und."
37. A baby in Florida was named:Truewilllaughinglifebuckyboomermanifestdestiny. His middle name is George James.
38. 'Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'.
39. The word 'Bye' is used in both English and Spanish meaning the same thing.
40. "Pogonophobia" is the fear of beards.
21. The only other word with the same amount of letters as it is its plural:- pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses.
22.The longest non-medical word in the English language isFLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION, which means "the act of estimating as worthless".
23. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
24. The longest place-name still in use is:-'Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturi pukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwe-nuakit natahu' it is the Maori name of a hill in New Zealand.
25. The longest place name in the UK isLlanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, it means “The name means: "St Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio of the red cave".
26. The longest word in the Old Testament is "Malhershalahashbaz".
27. Mafia in Old Arabic means 'sanctuary'.
28. Some long running myths say that a pregnant goldfish is called a prat, twit, twat or twerp. The correct word is actually "gravid", which describes the condition of a female live-bearing fish when carrying its young.
29. You should know this => Karaoke means 'empty orchestra' in Japanese.
30. The first message taped by Samuel Morse over his invention the telegraph was: "What hath God wraught?"
31. The first words spoken by over Alexander Bell over the telephone were: "Watson, please come here. I want you.”
32. The first words spoken by Thomas Edison over the phonograph were: "Mary had a little lamb."
33. "Papaphobia" is the fear of Popes.
34. The Academy Award statue is named after a librarian's uncle. One day Margaret Herrick, librarian for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, made a remark that the statue looked like her Uncle Oscar, and the name stuck.
35. The three words in the English language with the letters "uu" are: vacuum, residuum and continuum.
36. "Underground" is the only word in English that begins and ends with the letters "und."
37. A baby in Florida was named:Truewilllaughinglifebuckyboomermanifestdestiny. His middle name is George James.
38. 'Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'.
39. The word 'Bye' is used in both English and Spanish meaning the same thing.
40. "Pogonophobia" is the fear of beards.
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