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English language did you knows Did you know the most commonly used letter in the alphabet is E Did you know the least used letter in the alphabet is Q Did you know dreamt is the only word that ends in mt Did you know the first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON Did you know there are only 4 words in the English language which end in 'dous' (they are: hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and tremendous) Did you know the oldest word in the English language is 'town' Did you know 'Bookkeeper' and 'bookkeeping' are the only 2 words in the English language with three consecutive double letters Did you know the word 'Strengths' is the longest word in the English language with just one vowel Did you know the dot on top of the letter 'i' is called a tittle Did you know the past tense for the English word 'dare' is 'durst' Did you know the word 'testify' derived from a time when men were required to swear on their testicles Did you know The first English dictionary was written in 1755 Did you know the word old English word 'juke' meaning dancing lends its name to the juke box Did you know 1 out of every 8 letters written is an e Did you know the longest one syllable word in the English language is 'screeched' Did you know all pilots on international flights identify themselves in English regardless of their country of origin Did you know the expression to 'knuckle down' originated from playing marbles (players used to put their knuckles to the ground for their best shots) Did you know the word 'almost' is the longest in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order Did you know the most commonly used word in English conversation is 'I' Did you know The longest English word is a 45-letter word which is the name of a disease: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Did you know A superlatively long word of 27 letters having 13 vowels It alternates consonants and vowels: HONORIFICABILITUDINITATIBUS. Some more examples are Antidisestablishmentarianism and Electrophotomicrographically. Did you know Tongue Twisters - there are many but this may be the toughest: The sixth sick Sheikh's sixth sheeps sick. Did you know TYPEWRITER,is the longest word that can be made using the letterson only one row of the keyboard. Did you know The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read leftto right or right to left. Did you know The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want. Did you know The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating aletter isuncopyrightable. Did you know Stewardesses isthe longest word typed with only the left hand. Did you know Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo deNuestraSenora laReinadelosAngelesdePorciuncula" Did you know The longest word that can be typed using on the right hand is 'lollipop'. Did you know 'Skepticisms' is the longest word that can be typed using alternate hand. Did you know When two words are combined to form a single word (e.g., motor + hotel = motel, breakfast + lunch = brunch) the new word is called 6a "portmanteau." Did you know Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head." Did you know The infinity sign is called a lemniscate. Did you know The sentence The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog is a pangram, which is a sentence that uses every letter of the alphabet.