₦airaland Forum

1. "STARTLING" is the only 9-letter word in the English language where you can remove one letter at a time and still create a word.

2. English is the only language in the world that every airline pilot must speak irrespective of their national and linguistic origins.

3. The word MORTGAGE comes from a French word that means DEATH CONTRACT

4. A new word in English is created every 98 minutes

5. There are more English speakers in Nigeria than there are in the UK, the birthplace of the language.

6. "English" is derived from "England" but it is not the official language of England or of the UK.

7. There are more English words beginning with letter S than any other letter

8. 90% of everything written in English uses just 1,000 words

9. RHYTHM is the longest common English word without vowel

10. 80% of all written paragraphs in English feature the word THE

11. There are 24 different dialects of English in US

12. English word like I, WE, TWO and THREE are the most ancient, from thousands of years

13. Ironic is the most commonly misused word in English language

14. The word BRIDE comes from the old proto germanic word meaning to cook

15. GO is the shortest complete sentence in English language

16. 1 Billion people speak English, that is 1 in every 7 people on earth

17.TIME is the most commonly used NOUN in English

18. LOL was formally recognized in 2011 Oxford English dictionary update

Vivly:
@No.13, it is ironic that Ironic is the most commonly misused word in English language.

ALKARULEZZ:
Ehn ehn ??

Sugahylz:
Interesting

EzePromoe:
[color=#DC143C]True. Some even mistake it for sarcasm.

@OP, if English is not the official language of England, what then is the official language?[/color]

Tallesty1:
Statistically speaking, about 98% of the population speak English but the language has no official status.

EzePromoe:
[color=#DC143C]
@OP, if English is not the official language of England, what then is the official language?[/color]

Nmeri17:
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