The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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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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The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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