Interesting facts
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1. The longest one-syllable word in the English
language is „screeched.”
2. „Dreamt” is the only English word that ends
in the letters „mt”.
3. No word in English language rhymes with
„month,” „silver,” „purple,” or „orange.”
4. The symbol on the „pound” key (#) is called
an 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 any
other word in English.
8. „Underground” is the only word in English that
begins and ends with the letters „und.”
9. There are only four words in the English language
which end in „-dous”: tremendous, horrendous,
stupendous, and hazardous.
10. The longest word in the English language,
according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
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