Language and Words Facts

    Random Language and Words Facts

    There are 68 Language and Words Facts!

    'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
    69
    'Niblings' - Nieces and Nephews
    'Niblings' is the plural, gender-neutral term for nieces and nephews.
    17
    The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
    6
    Color Orange Named After The Fruit
    The color orange was named after the fruit and not the other way around.
    21
    Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
    59
    The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
    they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
    120
    The Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters.
    148
    The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
    135