The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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