Language and Words Facts

    Random Language and Words Facts

    There are 68 Language and Words Facts!

    French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
    91
    There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
    94
    Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
    45
    A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
    95
    There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
    100
    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
    60