learning English

There are six five words in the English language with the letter combination "uu." Muumuu, vacuum, continuum, duumvirate and duumvir, residuum.

The two longest one-syllable words in the English language are "screeched" and "strengths."

There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

The oldest word in the English language is "town"

There is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which occurs six times: Indivisibility.

The "D" in D-day means "Day". The French term for "D-Day" is "J-jour".

The second longest word in the English language is "antidisestablishmenterianism".

Native speakers of Japanese learn Spanish much more easily than they learn English.

Native speakers of English learn Spanish much more easily than they learn Japanese.

The term "Mayday" used for signaling for help (after SOS), it comes from the French term "M'aidez" which is pronounced "MayDay" and means, "Help Me"


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