In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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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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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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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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