Let's Have Fun With English!
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
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- As we all know that English language has always influenced our daily conversations and speeches but do you know that this ‘highly used’ language also has some really interesting fun facts as well!!
- Did you know that the first English dictionary was written in 1755!
- Did you know that the oldest English language word is 'Town'!
- Did you know that the least used letter in the alphabet in English language is ‘Q’!
Wednesday, 6 November 2013
Interesting Facts about the English Language
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In the English
language, …
…the shortest word
containing all five main vowels is ‘eunoia’, meaning ‘beautiful thinking’ or a state of normal
mental health.
…the longest word
with only one vowel is ‘strengths’ (9 letters long).
…there are only 4
words that end with ‘-dous’: ‘tremendous’, ‘stupendous’, ‘hazardous’ and ‘horrendous’.
…the oldest word is
‘town’.
…the longest
one-syllable word is ‘screeched’.
…the longest word
with all the letters in alphabetical order is ‘almost’.
…the only two words
that end ‘-gry’ are ‘hungry’
and ‘angry’.
With the increased use of new technologies such as laptop
computers, tablets, and mobile phones, the textese language (also known
as txt-speak, chatspeak, txtspk, texting language, SMSish, txtslang, txt-talk,
and others) has become very popular, but media and scholars have voiced their
concern about the English language being overwhelmed by SMS (Short Message Service)
language.
Some people believe texting has no effect on Standard English
whatsoever. They compare textese to some sort of modern jargon. Since
every generation has its own jargon, and English grammar is still changing
Examples of texting
English:
b4 - before bc - because 10q - thank you bk - back d8 - date w8 - wait ez - easy l8tr - later 2l8 - too late qt - cutie |
btw - by the way fyi - for your information cwof - complete waste of time hand - have a nice day ltns - long time no see urok - you are okay 2m2h - too much to handle 2mi, tmi - too much information yoyo - you're on your own @wrk all wk - at work all weekend k - OK luk@dis - look at this |
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