English Facts

'Go.' is widely considered the shortest complete sentence in English, though 'I am.' is sometimes cited as an alternative.

Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.

Jean -Claude Van Damme learned to speak English by watching the cartoon 'The Flintstones.'"

King George I spoke little to no English when he became Britain's king!

The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!

Shakespeare's works contain the first recorded use of approximately 1,700 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.

Orange, purple, and month are among English's most famously difficult words to rhyme—but they're not actually rhymeless. Orange rhymes with 'sporange' (a botanical term for spore sacs), purple rhymes with 'curple' (a horse's hindquarters), and month rhymes with 'oneth' (from the mathematical term 'n+1th').

Christmas carols evolved from wassailing, an old English custom where people went door-to-door singing and toasting neighbours to good health and prosperity.

Shakespeare invented hundreds of English words still used today, including 'assassination,' 'lonely,' 'generous,' and 'eyeball.'