Amazing Facts - Language Facts

• The 'v' in the name of a court case does not stand for 'versus', but for 'and' (in civil proceedings) or 'against' (in criminal proceedings)
• More than 1,000 different languages are spoken on the continent of Africa.
• Canada" is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".
• The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate
• "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
• No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
• "Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop" with your right.
• The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.
• The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
• There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous
• There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."
• TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
• Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of Japan
• Of all the words in the English language, the word ' set ' has the most definitions!
• "Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language
• The vocabulary of the average person consists of 5,000 to 6,000 words.
• No word in the English language rhymes with "month".
• The word "racecar", "kayak", and "radar" are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.
• The ‘v’ in the name of a court case does not stand for ‘versus’, but for ‘and’ (in civil proceedings) or ‘against’ (in criminal proceedings).
• Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of Japan.
• The verb “cleave” is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.
• "a man a plan a canal panama" spelled backwards is still "a man a plan a canal panama"
• The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start.