English Fun Facts!

Hi there students! Let's take a break from grammar a bit, shall we? Today I'm going to share with you guys some fun facts about English. Check it out!

1. The most common letter in English is "e".

2. The word 'alphabet' comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha, beta.

3. The dot over the letter "i" and letter "j" is called a ''superscript dot''

4. The shortest complete sentence in English is "I am".

5. In English, the @ symbol is usually called "the at sign" or "the at symbol".

6. The longest English word without a true vowel (a, e, i, o or u) is "rhythm".

7. The "QWERTY keyboard" gains its name from the fact that its first 6 letter keys are Q, W, E, R, T and Y. On early typewriters the keys were arranged in such a way as to minimize the clashing of the mechanical rods that carried the letters.

8.  We can find 10 words in the 7-letter word "therein" without rearranging any of its letters: the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.


9. There are only 4 English words in common use ending in "-dous": hazardous, horrendous, stupendous, and tremendous.


10. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat" meaning "the king is helpless".

Here are the 10 fun facts in English. Note that I took these from this website. If you wish to find out more, kindly click on the link and dig the secrets in English.

Have fun digging! ;)