Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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