Question

不说还真不知道:15条有趣的英语小知识

Answer 1

1. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy
it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are
the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter.
2. WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse
it'll give the same sentence.
3. "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
3. 英语单词“Goodbye”来自于“God bye”，原意是“上帝与你同在”。
4. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
5. 'Go'
is the shortest plete sentence in the English language.
6. The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
7. The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
8. The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
9. The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
10. More people in China speak English than in the United States.
11. The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
12. Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
13. Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
14. The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E'
and 'Q' is the least used!
15. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel
"Gad *** y"
which contains over 50
000 words -- none of them with the letter E!