10 Interesting Facts About the English Language that You Didn’t Know

Did you know that enneacontakaienneagon isactually a word in the English language? (And you thought pronouncing supercalifragilisticexpialidocious was difficult?). In fact, the meaning of the word is just as bizarre as the word itself: it’s a shape with ninety-nine sides.

 
Compared to other languages, English may seem simple, but that is probably because most people don’t realize it is full of crazy inventions, misinterpretations, mistakes, strange words, and needless words!

Let’s take a look at ten interesting facts about the English language:

1“I am” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

2 A pangram sentence is one that contains every letter in the language.

3Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (*breath*) is NOT the longest word in English.

4There are “ghost words” that mean nothing.

5The shortest, oldest, and most commonly used word is “I.”

6A new word is added to the dictionary every two hours.

7There’s a name for words that we repeat often.

8Swims will be swims even when turned upside down.

9.English is the language of the air.

10Girl used to mean small boy or girl.