1. In English, there is a special name for people whose identity has not been established or disclosed for one reason or another: for men, the name John Doe is used, and for women Jane Doe. Analogs are found in other languages.
2. Every two hours a new word is added to the English dictionary. This is about 4000 words per year!
3. The first English dictionary was written in 1755.
4. The oldest English words that are used now: town, I, we, two, three.
5. English is spoken by 1 billion people, and this is every 7th person on the planet.
6. English is the official language of the sky. When making international flights, pilots communicate in English, regardless of their native language and nationality.
7. Of all the English words, the "pronunciation" is most often pronounced incorrectly!
8. For 8 years in the English dictionary there was a ghost word "Dord". This word does not exist; it has entered the dictionary due to a typing error. The word lasted in the dictionary from 1932 to 1940.
9. The @ symbol in English is called the at sign or the at symbol.
10. The # symbol has several names in English: hash, pound sign, number sign.
1. In English, there is a special name for people whose identity has not been established or disclosed for one reason or another: for men, the name John Doe is used, and for women Jane Doe. Analogs are found in other languages.
2. Every two hours a new word is added to the English dictionary. This is about 4000 words per year!
3. The first English dictionary was written in 1755.
4. The oldest English words that are used now: town, I, we, two, three.
5. English is spoken by 1 billion people, and this is every 7th person on the planet.
6. English is the official language of the sky. When making international flights, pilots communicate in English, regardless of their native language and nationality.
7. Of all the English words, the "pronunciation" is most often pronounced incorrectly!
8. For 8 years in the English dictionary there was a ghost word "Dord". This word does not exist; it has entered the dictionary due to a typing error. The word lasted in the dictionary from 1932 to 1940.
9. The @ symbol in English is called the at sign or the at symbol.
10. The # symbol has several names in English: hash, pound sign, number sign.