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Interesting Facts About English Language by TRWConsult(m): 5:29pm On Aug 06, 2015 |
Do you know word 'alphabet' comes from first two letters Greek alphabet - alpha and beta? Here is a very simple sentence which uses every letter of the alphabet , it is 'The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog ' ! Challenge your friends! Ask them to find rhyming words for any of these five words - Orange, Month, Silver, Angel & Bulb! You will be surprised to try that these five words don't have any rhyming word! Do you know that if you really get excited on finding new words, learn this special word for yourself ! The word is logophile. It means 'lover of words' Do you know about 'crutch words' ? Crutch words are those words which we slip into sentences to give us more time to think or emphasize on some point. We start using them unconsciously but gradually they became part of our verbal tics. Few examples of these words are -actually, obviously, like, honestly, basically, etc. Most of the times they don't add any value or meaning of a statement ,for example, 'I actually was absent that day. 'So what is your crutch word? Ok, here are 3 wacky words from 21st century- i) Coople - Inseparable couple so satisfied with each other's company that they rarely socialize with others. ii) Cancellelation-The joy felt by someone who frees up his schedule by cancelling an appointment .iii) Droidian slip- It means confusion about which electronic device does what for example answering an AC remote instead of the mobile phone etc. Want to impress your friends? Remember, Scolionophobia –It means to have fear of School, hope you don’t have it. Talking of Phobias, you may get whole list of phobias on internet, but here is one interesting phobia - ‘Phobophobia’–It means fear (phobia) of having any phobia. So you got a word for phobia of phobias. The word 'swims' when turned upside down will still look like same i.e. 'swims'. The sentence 'Are you as bored as I am ' can be read backwards and would still make sense! Now test your friends, ask them to say ‘the sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick’. It is known to be the toughest tongue –twister in English language. Credit: MakeMeAGenius |
Re: Interesting Facts About English Language by Nobody: 5:31pm On Aug 06, 2015 |
Re: Interesting Facts About English Language by kossyablaze(m): 5:32pm On Aug 06, 2015 |
Cool indeed 3 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Interesting Facts About English Language by Sinbad2007(m): 5:34pm On Aug 06, 2015 |
Still weeping for my native language! Everyone is now running away from it more especially the indomie generations. Op also extend your research magnanimity to our indigenous languages please. One love! |
Re: Interesting Facts About English Language by Cyberfavour(m): 5:43pm On Aug 06, 2015 |
[color=#770077][/color]cool tho' |
Re: Interesting Facts About English Language by hahn(m): 5:56pm On Aug 06, 2015 |
Sinbad2007: If you feel that much about it, you can go ahead and do the research yourself |
Re: Interesting Facts About English Language by Sinbad2007(m): 7:52pm On Aug 06, 2015 |
hahn: We all crave for quality health care but not all of us are medical practitioners |
Re: Interesting Facts About English Language by hahn(m): 8:41pm On Aug 06, 2015 |
Sinbad2007: Gbam! I agree. Totally |
Re: Interesting Facts About English Language by xyzhill(m): 10:28pm On Aug 06, 2015 |
TRWConsult:month - mount Silver - quiver Bulb - bob Orange - arrange Angel - scoundel\damsel. i try na |
Re: Interesting Facts About English Language by Jummyjagz(f): 11:40am On Aug 07, 2015 |
Coool |
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