15 Amazing Facts About English Language....


1. English is the official language of 67 countries.



2. The first English dictionary was written in 1755.


3. The word “Goodbye” originally comes from an Old English phrase meaning “God be with you”.


4. Month, orange, silver, and purple do not rhyme with any other word.



5. The oldest English word that is still in use is “town”.


6. Between now and your next meal, a new word will be put into the dictionary. During the course of the year, almost 4,000 new words are added.


7.Eunoia, at six letters long, is the shortest word in the English language that contains all five main vowels.


8. The longest word in any of the major English language dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a word that refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine silica particles, specifically from a volcano; medically, it is the same as silicosis.



9. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. It contains all 26 letters of the alphabet and is 35 letters long.


10. Believe it or not, there are some words that appeared in the dictionary because of printing errors. The nonexistent word "dord” appeared in the dictionary for eight years in the mid-20th century. 



11. English is the official language of airplane travel. Ever noticed that no matter where you’re flying in the world, your pilot and flight attendants always know English.


12. According to Oxford Dictionaries, “E” is the most commonly used English letter, and “Q” is the letter used the least.


13. English is not the official language of the United States.



14. William Shakespeare invented over 1700 new English words.


15. I is the shortest word in English language.


       

Hope, from above you know about the English Language facts.......