Curiosidades da Língua Portuguesa e Inglesa

sábado, 15 de maio de 2010

So, you think you know everything?

Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand andlollipop with your right.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
Dreamt is the only English word that ends en the letters “mt”.
Typewriter is the longest word that can be made using the letters only onone row of the keyboard. (All you typists are going to test this out.)
The sentence: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog uses everyletter of the alphabet. (Now, you KNOW you’re going to try this out foraccuracy, right?)
The words racecar, kayak and level are the same whether they are read leftto right or right to left (palindromes).(Yep, I knew you were going to“do” this one.)
There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels inorder: abstemious and facetious. (Yes, admit it, you are going to say a ei o u.)
There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous":tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. (You're not doubtingthis, are you?)
The longest word: "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis".
The two longest one-syllable words: "screech", "strength".
Words which contain all five vowels in alphabetical order: "facetious","abstemious", "annelidous", "arsenious.
Words which contain all five vowels in reverse alphabetical order:"duoliteral", "subcontinental", "uncomplimentary;Longest word with no repeated letters: "uncopyrightable";
Sentence containing seven spellings of the ("ee") sound: "He believedCaesar could see people seizing the seas."

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