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English Language Trivia

The dot on top of the lower case letter 'i' is called a tittle

Dreamt is the only word that ends in mt

The past tense for the English word 'dare' is 'durst'

The expression to 'knuckle down' meaning to do something earnestly, originated from playing marbles (players used to put their knuckles to the ground for their best shots)

Words that are used to fill in time when speaking, such as ‘like’ or ‘basically’, are called crutch words (and should best be avoided!)

The word ‘lol’ was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2011.

The word to dismantle originally meant “to remove a cloak.”

The opposite of “postpone” is prepone, meaning “to bring something forward in time.”

The “wuther” of Wuthering Heights is an old English dialect word for a sudden and strong gust of wind.

"Screeched," which means to make a harsh sound, is the longest one-syllable word in English.

The letters “ough” can be pronounced 9 different ways.
Find them all in this sentence: “A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.”

A sentence containing all the letters of the alphabet is called a ‘pangram’.
The best example of this is :-
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy gate.

The longest English words that can be written without repeating any letters are
‘uncopyrightable’ and ‘Dermatoglyphics’ both 15 letters.

The word ‘alphabet’ comes from the first 2 letters of the Greek alphabet,
alpha and beta.