Have fun with English

 

Did you know that:

 

• Approximately one new word is added to the English language every two hours?

 

• TIME is the most commonly used noun in English?

 

• The oldest word in the English language is TOWN?

 

 

• There was no word for the color orange in English until about 450 years ago?

 

 

• The word ALMOST is the longest in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order?

 

 

• 80% of information stored on all computers in the world is in English?

 

 

• The longest common English word without vowels is RHYTHMS? 

 

 

• Only two modern English words end in “-gry”: “angry” and “hungry”?