The English language
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is “screeched.”
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, or purple.
“Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt.”
There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
If you’re interested in the English language, I recommend this book.
July 11th, 2006 at 12:20 pm
If you’re interested in the English language, I recommend Port Out, Starboard Home, by Michael Quinion, linguist and webmaster of World Wide Words. After an inconclusive discussion of the derivation of the word posh, Quinion concludes:
Nick
July 11th, 2006 at 8:17 pm
Yes, I have this book, Nick – very interesting and informative.