15 interesting facts about English!

15 interesting facts about English!

The two most common words in English are I and you.
The USA does not have an official language but English is the official language of 67 countries.
The first English dictionary was written in 1755.
More English words begin with the letter ‘S’ than any other letter of the alphabet.
There is no word in the English language that rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
English is the official language of the sky! It doesn’t matter which country they are from, all pilots speak in English on international flights.
Shakespeare added 1,700 words to the English language during his lifetime.
The language that is most closely related to English is Frisian, a West Germanic language that is spoken in parts of the Netherlands and Germany.
The most common letter in English is "e".
The word "alphabet" comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha, bēta.
The longest English word without a true vowel (a, e, i, o or u) is "rhythm".
"Shit" is one of our oldest words, and used to mean "cattle diarrhoea".
The chess term "checkmate" comes from a 14th-century Arabic phrase, "shah mat", which means "the king is helpless".
English is the third most commonly spoken language in the world (the first and second are Mandarin Chinese and Spanish).
Approximately one new word is added to the English language every two hours and the dictionary grows by about 4,000 words a year.

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