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Language
 Kieli
          andBy:cool facts Thai
                 Saba Tesfaye
 Finnish                               Nyelv
           Taal    Language            Hungarian
 Idioma    Dutch
                   English Lingua
Spanish
      Arabic
               Tungumál     Latin   Sprog     Dil
                                              Turkish

语              Icelandic Язык       Dannish
                                          Lugha
Chinese simplifiedRussian                 Swahili
All 7 facts were
      got from
http://www.muskuraha
     t.us/amazing-
 facts/language-facts-
          1.asp
Widow is the only
  female form in the
English language that is
    shorter than its
  corresponding male
    term (widower).
Of all the words in
the English
language, the word
"set" has the most
definitions.
There is only ONE
word in the English
language with THREE
CONSECUTIVE SETS
OF DOUBLE
LETTERS....
Bookkeeper
Only 3 words in the English
language end in "ceed":
"proceed," "exceed," and
"succeed."
Out of all the eight letter
words in the English
language, only one has only
one vowel in it: "strength"
The "huddle" in football was
formed due a deaf football
player who used sign language
to communicate and his team
didn't want the opposition to
see the signals he used and in
turn huddled around him.
More
click           times
        three
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Cool facts about language

  • 1. Language Kieli andBy:cool facts Thai Saba Tesfaye Finnish Nyelv Taal Language Hungarian Idioma Dutch English Lingua Spanish Arabic Tungumál Latin Sprog Dil Turkish 语 Icelandic Язык Dannish Lugha Chinese simplifiedRussian Swahili
  • 2. All 7 facts were got from http://www.muskuraha t.us/amazing- facts/language-facts- 1.asp
  • 3.
  • 4. Widow is the only female form in the English language that is shorter than its corresponding male term (widower).
  • 5. Of all the words in the English language, the word "set" has the most definitions.
  • 6. There is only ONE word in the English language with THREE CONSECUTIVE SETS OF DOUBLE LETTERS.... Bookkeeper
  • 7. Only 3 words in the English language end in "ceed": "proceed," "exceed," and "succeed."
  • 8. Out of all the eight letter words in the English language, only one has only one vowel in it: "strength"
  • 9. The "huddle" in football was formed due a deaf football player who used sign language to communicate and his team didn't want the opposition to see the signals he used and in turn huddled around him.
  • 10. More click times three