FUNNY FACTS OF ENGLISH
- The longest one-syllable word in the English language is “screeched.”
- “Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”.
- The dot over the letter ‘i’ is called a tittle.
- The word “set” has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
- “Underground” is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters “und.”
- There are only four words in the English language which end in “-dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is
*pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
The only other word with the same amount of letters is
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.
*pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
Let me define this for you;
pneumono = lungs
ultramicroscopic = just what it says
silico=silicon
volcano=just what it says
coni = dust
osis = inflammation
– – compiled by I.P.THAMILEELAM
