A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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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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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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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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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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