Interesting language facts :))
1. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter b
2. Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
3. "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
4. The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
5. The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
6. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
7. The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
8. The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
9. The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
10. WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
11. The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
12. The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
13. 'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
14. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
15. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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