Some Fun Facts About English

• The shortest complete sentence in the English language is “I am.”
• Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.

• Goddessship is the only word in the English language with a triple letter.
• The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” uses every letter of the alphabet!
• The sentence “Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs” uses every letter of the alphabet and uses the least letters to do so!

• The most used letter in the English alphabet is ‘E’, and ‘Q’ is the least used!
• The word “alphabet” is derived from the first two letters in the Greek alphabet: “alpha” and “beta”.
• The only word in the English language that has 4 sets of double letters in a row is balloonneer.

• A moment is defined as zero seconds long.
• The world’s longest-named lake has 45 letters (Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg).
• The only words with all the vowels listed in order are facetiously and abstemiously.

• In the U.S. there are 18 doctors called Dr. Doctor, and one called Dr. Surgeon. There is also a dermatologist named Dr. Rash, a psychiatrist called Dr. Couch and an anesthesiologist named Dr. Gass.
• The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is “uncopyrightable”.
• “Rhythm” is the longest English word without a vowel.
• The only word with all the vowels in reverse order is subcontinental.