Language and Words Facts

    Language and Words Facts

    There are 68 Language and Words Facts!

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    Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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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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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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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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    Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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    Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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    The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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    The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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    In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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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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