China has more English speakers than the United States.
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Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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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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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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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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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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