Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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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 word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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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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The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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