1. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is now “scraunched.” (It was almost “screeched”.)
2. “Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”
3. Almonds are members of the peach family.
4. The dot over the letter ‘i’ is called a tittle.
5. The word “set” has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
6. “Underground” is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters “und.”
7. There are only four words in the English language which end in “-dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
8. The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
I always thought supercalifragilisticexpialidocious was the longest word – maybe that is only in the Disney Dictionary – great blog. I’ve made some mental notes!
How about ‘scraunched’ for the longest monosyllabic word. I think it just about pips screeched.
Superb pithy post. I’ll borrow it for my blog and credit you. It’s ages since I looked at the blog. Better return again soon. Many thanks
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I’m sleeping in the garage tonight, preferable to ‘underground’ but more closely related to ‘underfund’.
Isn’t underfund another English word that begins and ends in ‘und’?