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Today is the last part of some interesting uses of the English language -> read and learn . . .
41. In Chinese, the words crisis and opportunity are the same.
42. The infinity character on the keyboard is called a "lemniscate".
43. The valediction 'good bye' came from God bye which came from God be with you.
44. So-long came from the Arabic salaam and the Hebrew shalom.
45. The word 'nerd' was first coined by Dr. Seuss in 'If I ran the Zoo'.
46. Before Jets, Jet lag was called Boat lag.
47. The word "monosyllable" actually has five syllables in it.
48. There are no words in the English language that rhyme with month, silver, purple or orange.
49. It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.
50. 'Zorro' means 'fox' in Spanish.
51. The verb "to cleave" has definitions which are antonyms of each other: to adhere and to separate.
52. The verb "sanction" also has definitions which are antonyms: to sponsor and to ban.
53. "The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable."
54. There is a seven-letter word in English that contains eleven words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, I, therein, herein.
55. “Rhythm" and "syzygy" are the longest English words without vowels.
56. "Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
57. The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
58. There is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which occurs five times: "indivisibility."
59. Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them would burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired." I wonder what "To get sacked" refers to?
60. 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.
61. The letter most in use in the English language is "E" and the letter "Q" is least used.
62. "Four" is the only number whose number of letters in the name equals the number.
63. The word listen contains the same letters as the word silent.
41. In Chinese, the words crisis and opportunity are the same.
42. The infinity character on the keyboard is called a "lemniscate".
43. The valediction 'good bye' came from God bye which came from God be with you.
44. So-long came from the Arabic salaam and the Hebrew shalom.
45. The word 'nerd' was first coined by Dr. Seuss in 'If I ran the Zoo'.
46. Before Jets, Jet lag was called Boat lag.
47. The word "monosyllable" actually has five syllables in it.
48. There are no words in the English language that rhyme with month, silver, purple or orange.
49. It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.
50. 'Zorro' means 'fox' in Spanish.
51. The verb "to cleave" has definitions which are antonyms of each other: to adhere and to separate.
52. The verb "sanction" also has definitions which are antonyms: to sponsor and to ban.
53. "The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable."
54. There is a seven-letter word in English that contains eleven words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, I, therein, herein.
55. “Rhythm" and "syzygy" are the longest English words without vowels.
56. "Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
57. The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
58. There is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which occurs five times: "indivisibility."
59. Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them would burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired." I wonder what "To get sacked" refers to?
60. 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.
61. The letter most in use in the English language is "E" and the letter "Q" is least used.
62. "Four" is the only number whose number of letters in the name equals the number.
63. The word listen contains the same letters as the word silent.
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