The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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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
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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