The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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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."
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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