1. The longest one-syllable word in the Englishlanguage is "screeched."2. "Dreamt" is the only English word that endsin the letters "mt".3. No word in English language rhymes with"month," "silver," "purple," or "orange."4. The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is calledan octothorpe.5. The symbol used in many URLs (Web addresses)is called a tilde. (~)6. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.7. The word "set" has more definitions than anyother word in English.8. "Underground" is the only word in English thatbegins and ends with the letters "und."9. There are only four words in the English languagewhich end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous,stupendous, and hazardous.10. The longest word in the English language,according to the Oxford English Dictionary, ispneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.11. The only other word with the same amount ofletters is its plural:pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses.12. The longest place-name still in use isTaumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwe-nuakit natahu,the Maori name of a hill in New Zealand.13. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de NuestraSenora la Reinade los Angeles de Porciuncula" andcan be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, L.A.14. The verb "cleave" has definitions which areantonyms of each other: to adhere and to separate.15. The verb "sanction" also has definitions whichare antonyms: to sponsor and to ban.16. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.17. There is a seven-letter word in English thatcontains eleven words without rearranging any of itsletters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her,here, ere, I, therein, herein.18. 'Stewardesses' is the longest English word thatis typed with only the left hand.19. The combination "ough" can be pronounced in ninedifferent ways; the following sentence contains themall: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughmanstrode through the streets of Scarborough; after fallinginto a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."20. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled withoutrepeating a letter is "uncopyrightable."21. "Facetious" and "abstemious" contain all the vowels inthe correct order, as does arsenious, meaning "containingarsenic."22. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persianphrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead."23. Only three words have entered English from Czech:polka, pilsner, and robot.
usually for good understanding of writing am trying to find as much helpful info as i need!That's way i read all this stuff=))
But how we can see not only me found it useless=)))
About the longest word in English I would say that there are a lot of words in every language we don't know cause we don't use it!
Especially it's wors that belong to the some special profession.
And thanks to Josef for help to explaine)))
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But how we can see not only me found it useless=)))
About the longest word in English I would say that there are a lot of words in every language we don't know cause we don't use it!
Especially it's wors that belong to the some special profession.
And thanks to Josef for help to explaine)))
A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through th...