In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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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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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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