Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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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 longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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