{"id":24473,"date":"2020-09-30T02:37:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T02:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/?p=24473"},"modified":"2021-08-29T14:58:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T14:58:37","slug":"english-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/2020\/09\/30\/english-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Facts about the English Language"},"content":{"rendered":"

The English language is a West Germanic language brought to Britain in the 5th<\/sup>-7th<\/sup> centuries. It is the 3rd<\/sup> most spoken language in the world with 379 million speakers. English is the primary or official language in 55 sovereign states and 27 non-sovereign entities, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand.<\/p>\n

Below are some fun facts about the English language you may be surprised by.<\/p>\n

English Language Fun Facts<\/h2>\n

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  1. \u201cGo!\u201d is the shortest grammatically correct sentence in English.<\/li>\n
  2. There are 24 different English dialects in the U.S.<\/li>\n
  3. \u201cGoodbye\u201d originated from the Old English phrase \u201cGod be with you\u201d.<\/li>\n
  4. The first English dictionary was written in 1755.<\/li>\n
  5. The oldest English word still in use today is \u201ctown\u201d.<\/li>\n
  6. Shakespeare is credited with adding 1,700 words to the English language during his lifetime.<\/li>\n
  7. More English words begin with the letter \u201cs\u201d than any other letter.<\/li>\n
  8. No words in English rhyme with month, orange, silver, or purple.<\/li>\n
  9. Approximately one new word is added to the English language every two hours and around 4,000 new words are added to the English dictionary each year.<\/li>\n
  10. \u201cQueueing\u201d is the only word with five consecutive vowels.<\/li>\n
  11. The shortest and oldest word is \u201cI\u201d.<\/li>\n
  12. English is not the official language of the United States.<\/li>\n
  13. The word \u201cqueue\u201d sounds the same even if the last four letters are removed.<\/li>\n
  14. The phrase \u201clong time, no see\u201d is a literal translation of a Chinese phrase.<\/li>\n
  15. The word \u201cset\u201d has the most definitions in the dictionary.<\/li>\n
  16. “Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis\u201d is the longest word.<\/li>\n
  17. Pilots communicate primarily in English.<\/li>\n
  18. \u201cBookkeeper\u201d is the only word with three consecutive double letters.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Summary<\/h3>\n

    You may be a native speaker of the English language or very familiar with it, but some of these fun facts may still surprise you.<\/p>\n

    Sources:<\/strong><\/h6>\n
    https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/English-language<\/a><\/h6>\n
    https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/english\/interesting-facts-about-english\/<\/a><\/h6>\n
    https:\/\/blog.lingoda.com\/en\/fun-facts-english-language<\/a><\/h6>\n
    https:\/\/www.bloomsbury-international.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/11\/15-interesting-facts-about-the-english-language\/<\/a><\/h6>\n
    https:\/\/www.factretriever.com\/english-language-facts<\/a><\/h6>\n
    https:\/\/www.english.com\/blog\/fascinating-facts-about-english\/<\/a><\/h6>\n
    https:\/\/www.babbel.com\/en\/magazine\/the-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world#:~:text=1.,spoken%20language%20in%20the%20world.<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The English language is a West Germanic language brought to Britain in the 5th-7th centuries. It is the 3rd most spoken language in the world with 379 million speakers. English is the primary or official language in 55 sovereign states and 27 non-sovereign entities, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Ireland, and New […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":28784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1756,1757],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24473"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24473"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28696,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24473\/revisions\/28696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}