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Какво не знаем за английския език / 2

Какво не знаем за английския език / 2

* There is only one word in the English language with 3 consecutive sets of double letters - 'BOOKKEEPER'. * The word 'QUEUE' is the only one that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed. * The shortest word in the English language with all its letters in alphabetical order is 'ALMOST'. * The longest word, according to the Oxford English Dictionary is 'pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis'. The only other word with the same amount of letters is 'pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses', its plural. * The letter most in use in the English language is 'E' and the letter 'Q' is the least used. * Of all the English words, the word 'set' has the most definitions. * No word in English rhymes with 'month', 'orange', 'silver', and 'purple.' * The sentence 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.' uses every letter of the alphabet. * The sentence 'Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.' uses every letter of the alphabet and uses the least used letters to do so. * If abbreviation ends with the same letter as the complete word itself, then dot (.) is not placed. for example, we write Dr instead of Dr. for 'Doctor' and Prof. instead of Prof for 'Professor'. * 'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with the left hand only. * The word 'CLEAVE" is the only English word with two meanings which are antonyms of each other: 'adhere' and 'separate'. * George Bernard Show once said that the word 'GHOTI' can be pronounced 'FISH'. The 'gh' from 'tough', the 'o' from 'women', and the 'ti' from 'nation'.