Some mind-blowing facts about the English language?
| “Queue” is pronounced the same way when the last 4 letters are removed |
| “Uncopyrightable” is the longest English word that doesn't use a letter more than once |
| The shortest, oldest, and most common English word is “I” |
| “Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconi-osis” is the longest English word, meaning: The definition of pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine silica dust. An example of pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is silicosis (bệnh phổi gây ra bởi sự hít vào bụi silica rất mịn dẫn đến viêm phổi". Một từ thông thường dùng để chỉ triệu chứng bệnh này là "silicosis" - bệnh bụi phổi. ) |
| “SWIMS” will still be “SWIMS” when turned upside down |
| The words “orange,” “silver,” “purple,” “month,” “ninth,” “pint,” “wolf,” “opus,” “dangerous,” “marathon,” and “discombobulate” have no rhyme |
| “Almost” is the longest English word with all of its letters in alphabetical order |
| “Goddessship” is the only English word with a triple letter |
| Only 4 English words end in “-dous”: “tremendous,” “horrendous,” “stupendous,” and “hazardous” |
| “Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in “mt” |