Interesting Words

Seoul, the South Korean capital, just means “the capital” in the Korean language. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with. There are only four words in the English language which end in “-dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. A The “you are here” arrow on maps is called an ideo locator. The dot over the letter ‘i’ is called a tittle. The symbol on the “pound” key (#) is called an octothorpe. The symbol used in many URLs (Web addresses) is called a tilde. (~) The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want. 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. “Speak of the Devil” is short for “Speak of the Devil and he shall come”. It was believed that if you spoke about the Devil it would attract his attention. That’s why when you’re talking about someone and they show up people say “Speak of the Devil”. The word “Checkmate” in chess comes from the Persian phrase “Shah Mat,” which means, “the King is dead”. Only three words have entered English from Czech: polka, pilsner, and robot. 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 most common name in the world is Mohammed. The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary is:pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. The only other word with the same amount of letters as it is its plural:pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses. The longest non-medical word in the English language is FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION, which means “the act of estimating as worthless”. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is “screeched.” The longest place-name still in use is: ‘Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwenuakit natahu’ it is the Maori name of a hill in New Zealand. . Karaoke means ‘empty orchestra’ in Japanese. The first words spoken by over Alexander Bell over the telephone were: “Watson, please come here. I want you. The first words spoken by Thomas Edison over the phonograph were: “Mary had a little lamb.” “Papaphobia” is the fear of Popes. . The three words in the English language with the letters “uu” are: vacuum, residuum and continuum. “Underground” is the only word in English that begins and ends with the letters “und.” ‘Dreamt’ is the only English word that ends in the letters ‘mt’. The word ‘Bye’ is used in both English and Spanish meaning the same thing. “Pogonophobia” is the fear of beards. In Chinese, the words crisis and opportunity are the same. The salutation ‘good bye’ came from God bye which came from God be with you. There are no words in the English language that rhyme with month, silver, purple or orange. The letter “n” ends all Japanese words not ending in a vowel. ‘Zorro’ means ‘fox’ in Spanish. The verb “to cleave” has definitions which are antonyms of each other: to adhere and to separate. The verb “sanction” also has definitions which are antonyms: to sponsor and to ban. You won’t find a “6″ in Cameroon phone numbers–the native language has no sound for “x. “The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is “uncopyrightable.” There is a seven-letter word in English that contains eleven words without rearranging any of its letters, “therein”: the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, I, therein, herein. Rhythm” and “syzygy” are the longest English words without vowels.