English language is one of the most widely spoken languages across the globe, the cultural impact of the language is so vast that it’s unimaginable. Given below are a bunch of facts on the language.
1. 1 billion people speak English. That’s 1 in every 7 on earth.
2. 80% of information stored on all computers in the world is in English.
3. The Longest common English word without vowels is “Rhythms”.
4. In every 98 minutes a new English word is created.
5. 89% of people in Sweden speak English.
6. The Word “Bride” comes from an old Proto-Germanic word meaning “Too Cook”.
7. The Word “Queue” is pronounced the same way when the last 4 letters are removed.
8. The word “Mortgage” comes from a French word that means “Death Contract”.
9. 90% of everything written in English uses just 1000 words.
10. The dot above a lowercase “i” and “j” is called a “Tittle”.
11. If you write every number name in full (one, two, three, four…), you wouldn’t use a single latter “B” until you reached one billion.
12. As a verb rather than a noun, “Owl” means “to act wisely, despite knowing nothing.”
13. The only two words that end with “-gry” are “Hungry” and “Engry”.
14. The only three words in English language to have 2 consecutive u’s is “Vacuum”, “Residuum”, “Continuum”.
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