Language Facts and Figures
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DID YOU KNOW THAT?
- "Facetious" and "Abstemious"
are the only two words in the English language
that contain the vowels AEIOU in their proper order.
- The words "CHOICE COD" read the
same when held upside-down in front of a mirror.
- A "clue" originally meant a ball
of thread. This is why one is said to "unravel the
clues" of a mystery.
- "E" is the most-frequently used
letter in the English alphabet; one out of every eight letters
used in English is an "E". "Q"
is the least - used letter.
- That a writing system has been developed
for Jamaican Creole; it is called the "Cassidy"
writing after linguist Frederick Cassidy who created
it.
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