Interesting English Trivia

Here are some interesting English trivia. Enjoy!

In English, "four" is the only digit that has the same number of letters as its value.

Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States.

TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters only one row of the keyboard.

The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.

Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary is:- pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

The longest non-medical word in the English language is FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION, which means "the act of estimating as worthless".

The longest place-name still in use is:-'Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturi
pukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwe-nuakit natahu' it is the Maori name of a hill in New Zealand.

'Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'.

"Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.

This sentence has thirty seven letters in it.