Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Interesting and Unusual Facts

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

"Rhythms" is the longest English word without the normal vowels, a, e, i, o, or u.

"Stewardesses" is the longest word that can be typed with only the left hand.

"The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.

"THEREIN" is a seven-letter word that contains thirteen words spelled using consecutive letters: the, he, her, er, here, I, there, ere, rein, re, in, therein, and herein.

2 comments:

  1. Marc, Good stuff, never saw this before. Mike

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  2. I think I read once that "strengths" is the longest English word with only one vowel (a, e, i, o, u, y).

    Also, that "ran" (or, I suppose, "run") is the word in English with the most different meanings.

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