Thursday, February 9, 2012

Top 10 Facts About English Language

Some Amazing facts about English language

1- No word in the English language rhymes with month.

2- “Rhythm” is the longest English word without a vowel.

3- There are more than 125 English dialects worldwide.

4- E is the most frequently used letter in the English.

5- The word “alphabet” is derived from the first two letters in the Greek alphabet: “alpha” and “beta”.

6- The only English word with all the vowels in reverse order is ‘subcontinental.’

7- The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.

8- The numbers ‘forty’ and ‘first’ are the only numbers which have its letters in alphabetical order.

9- English is the most widespread language in the world and is more widely spoken and written than any other language.

10- More than half of the world's technical and scientific periodicals are in English.

No comments:

Post a Comment