The shortest
word in the English language with all its letters in alphabetical
order is the word "almost."

The Philippines has more than 1,000 regional dialects and two official languages.

The only MLB team to
have both its city's name and its team name in a foreign
language is the San Diego Padres.

The longest word in the Finnish
language, that isn't a compound word, is 'epaejaerjestelmaellistyttaemaettoemyydellaensaekaeaen'.
In English it means 'even with their lack of ability to
disorganize'.

The longest word in the English
language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary,
is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis. The
only other word with the same amount of letters ispneumonoultra-microscopicsilicovolcanoconioses,
its plural.

The longest word in the English
language is 1909 letters long and it refers to a distinct
part of DNA.

The longest one syllable word
in he English language is "screeched".

The letter most in use in the
English language is "E" and the letter "Q" is least used.

The computer programming language ADA was named in honor of Augusta Ada King. The
U.S. Defense Department named the language after the Countess
of Lovelace and daughter of Lord Byron because she helped
finance and program what is thought to be the first computer,
the “analytical engine” designed by Charles Babbage.

The Chinese language does not
require punctuation.

The "huddle" in football
was formed due a deaf football player who used sign language
to communicate and his team didn't want the opposition
to see the signals he used and in turn huddled around
him.

South Africa used to have two
official languages, now it has eleven.
Some biblical scholars believe
that Aramaic (the language of the ancient Bible) did not
contain an easy way to say 'many things' and used a term
which has come down to us as 40. This means that when
the bible -in many places -refers to '40 days,' they meant
many days.

Seoul, the South Korean capital,
just means "the capital" in the Korean language.

Rudyard Kipling was fired as
a reporter for the San Francisco Examiner. His dismissal
letter was reported to have said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Kipling,
but you just don't know how to use the English language.
This isn't a kindergarten for amateur writers."

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