你知道英语中最长的单词是怎么来的吗?
你知道单词“Goodbye”的由来是什么吗?
你知道英语中使用最多的字母是什么吗?
英语中其实有很多很多奥秘哒。
就让大白来告诉你!
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Aoccdrnig to a rseearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in therghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter.
WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW..
'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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'Goodbye' came from 'God bye' which came from 'God be with you.'
The sentence 'The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.' uses every letter of the alphabet!
'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
“Go”是英语中最短的完整句子。
The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
More people in China speak English than in the United States.
The word 'listen' contains the same letters as 'silent.'
Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, 'Gadsby', which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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