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+ | ===== Ambigram ===== | ||
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+ | A word that appears the same in several orientations is said to be ambigrammatic. The word " | ||
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+ | ===== Marine And Aviation ===== | ||
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+ | The official language of marine and aviation communications is English.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Often Used ===== | ||
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+ | The third most often used native tongue worldwide is English. The top two are Standard Chinese and Spanish, respectively.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Letter B In Numbers ===== | ||
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+ | The letter " | ||
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+ | ===== Longest Word ===== | ||
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+ | The longest word in the English language is " | ||
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+ | ===== From Old English ===== | ||
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+ | Nearly all of the top 100 English words are derived from Old English. " | ||
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+ | ===== Oxford English Corpus ===== | ||
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+ | Over 2.5 billion words are available in the Oxford English Corpus. The Oxford English Corpus is a collection of texts from the twenty-first century that is used to chart the evolution of English across time.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Average Word Knowledge ===== | ||
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+ | Adult English speakers on average know between 20,000 and 35,000 words.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Word Lifespan ===== | ||
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+ | Words can last from one thousand to twenty thousand years. Words that are used more frequently tend to be lengthier.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Reading Fiction ===== | ||
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+ | The vocabulary of fiction readers is greater than that of non-readers. Nonfiction typically uses a smaller vocabulary than fiction.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== More 2nd Language Learners ===== | ||
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+ | There are more people who speak English as a second language than there are native speakers of the language worldwide.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Shakespeare ===== | ||
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+ | During his lifetime, Shakespeare contributed 1,700 new words to the English language.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== New Word Is Created ===== | ||
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+ | Every 98 minutes, or around 14.7 words per day, a brand-new word is produced.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Popularity ===== | ||
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+ | Around 1.53 billion individuals use English as their primary, secondary, or professional language in 2018. 1 in 7 persons on Earth are represented by this.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Most Commonly Used Letter ===== | ||
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+ | The most frequently used letter in the English language is " | ||
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+ | ===== Hydroxyzine ===== | ||
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+ | The letters X, Y, and Z are only found in order in one word in all of English: hydroxyzine. This unusual name refers to a sort of medication that lessens anxiety and sneezing.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Overmorrow ===== | ||
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+ | The term " | ||
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+ | ===== Language Of Science ===== | ||
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+ | In the sciences, English is the most widely used language.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Norman Conquest ===== | ||
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+ | The Norman Conquest in 1066 fundamentally altered the English language. Thousands of French terms related to the church, courts, and government, such as baron, noble, parliament, governor, and feast, were introduced to England when the Normans (French) invaded.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Not Offcial In The United States ===== | ||
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+ | English is not the official language of the United States.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Anagram ===== | ||
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+ | An anagram is a word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of the original word or phrase. An anagram of the word " | ||
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+ | ===== Set ===== | ||
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+ | The English word " | ||
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+ | ===== Words With Only Vowels ===== | ||
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+ | In the English language, there are 36 words that only include vowels (for example aa, ae, ai, oe, and eau).[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Queue ===== | ||
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+ | Even if the final four letters are dropped, the word " | ||
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+ | ===== Almost ===== | ||
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+ | " | ||
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+ | ===== Letter S ===== | ||
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+ | S is the letter that is the beginning of more English words than any other.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Funny Words ===== | ||
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+ | The top 10 most funny terms in the English language, according to academics at the University of Warwick, are booty, tit, booby, hooter, nitwit, twit, waddle, tinkling, bebop, and egghead.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Good ===== | ||
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+ | With 370 synonyms, the word " | ||
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+ | ===== Callipygian ===== | ||
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+ | It's true that there is an English word for " | ||
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+ | ===== Longest Word Without Vowels ===== | ||
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+ | " | ||
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+ | ===== Misused Word ===== | ||
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+ | Ironic is the English word that is most frequently misused. Many people mistake irony for sarcasm, coincidence, | ||
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+ | ===== Rhinorrhea ===== | ||
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+ | The medical name for "runny nose" is " | ||
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+ | ===== First Numer With A ===== | ||
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+ | One thousand is the first number written out that starts with a " | ||
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+ | ===== More English Speakers In China ===== | ||
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+ | Chinese people speak English at a higher rate than Americans do.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Algonquian ===== | ||
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+ | The now extinct Algonquian language gave rise to the terms " | ||
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+ | ===== Darkle ===== | ||
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+ | " | ||
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+ | ===== Whatever ===== | ||
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+ | Whatever is continuously rated as the most irritating English word.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Frisian ===== | ||
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+ | Frisian, a West Germanic language spoken in portions of the Netherlands and Germany, is the tongue most similar to English.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Longest Word With 4 Letters ===== | ||
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+ | " | ||
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+ | ===== Good-Bye ===== | ||
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+ | God be with you is condensed into the term " | ||
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+ | ===== Capitonyms ===== | ||
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+ | When the initial letter of a word is capitalized, | ||
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+ | ===== Time ===== | ||
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+ | The word " | ||
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+ | ===== Most Commonly Used Word ===== | ||
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+ | The most often used word in English is " |