The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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