Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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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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