Montag, 1. August 2011

Fun Words to play with

For five years, Webster's New International Dictionary mistakenly included an entry for dord, a word which did not exist.

Stewardesses and reverberated are the two longest words (12 letters each) that can be typed using only the left hand. The longest word that can be typed using only the right hand is lollipop. Skepticisms is the longest word that alternates hands. (one letter at a time)

The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."

The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

2 Kommentare:

pownyhof hat gesagt…

great post and as always very informative (;

Anonym hat gesagt…

really interesting ;S

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