Thursday, November 02, 2006
Language Curiosities
Euouae, a medieval music term, is the longest word in English that contains only vowels. It’s also the word with the most consecutive vowels.
Screeched, which means to make a harsh sound, is the longest one-syllable word in English.
Unprosperousness, meaning not wealthy or profitable, is the longest word in English in which each letter is used at least two times.
At 45 letters, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which refers to a lung disease, is often considered the longest word in English.
Feedback is the shortest word in English that has the letters a, b, c, d, e, and f.
No words in English rhyme with : month, orange, silver or purple.
“Q” is the only letter that does not occur in any of the U.S. state names.
Maine is the only U.S. state whose name is just one syllable.
Bookkeeper is the only English word that has three consecutive double letters.
The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” is a pangram, which is a sentence that uses every letter of the alphabet.
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Euouae, a medieval music term, is the longest word in English that contains only vowels. It’s also the word with the most consecutive vowels.
Screeched, which means to make a harsh sound, is the longest one-syllable word in English.
Unprosperousness, meaning not wealthy or profitable, is the longest word in English in which each letter is used at least two times.
At 45 letters, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which refers to a lung disease, is often considered the longest word in English.
Feedback is the shortest word in English that has the letters a, b, c, d, e, and f.
No words in English rhyme with : month, orange, silver or purple.
“Q” is the only letter that does not occur in any of the U.S. state names.
Maine is the only U.S. state whose name is just one syllable.
Bookkeeper is the only English word that has three consecutive double letters.
The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” is a pangram, which is a sentence that uses every letter of the alphabet.
Fact Monster/Information Please® Database, © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. ¶ 12:52 PM
