Top 7 weirdest facts about the English language
29.05.2019
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English is an astonishing language which can surprise even those who speak it from birth. These 7 facts about our beloved language will prove it.
#1
Contronyms are words that can have two opposite meanings.
FINE can mean excellent or just mediocre.
GO can mean to succeed or to fail
QUITE can mean rather or completely
LITERALLY can mean actually or virtually
FINE can mean excellent or just mediocre.
GO can mean to succeed or to fail
QUITE can mean rather or completely
LITERALLY can mean actually or virtually
#2
The thing is that it employs three distinct meanings of the word buffalo:
1. A proper noun that refers to the name of a city (Buffalo, New York);
2. A verb to buffalo, which means "to bully, harass, or intimidate";
3. A noun that refers to an animal (plural is also buffalo);
So, we get the following meaning:
The buffalo from Buffalo who are buffaloed by buffalo from Buffalo, buffalo (verb) other buffalo from Buffalo.
1. A proper noun that refers to the name of a city (Buffalo, New York);
2. A verb to buffalo, which means "to bully, harass, or intimidate";
3. A noun that refers to an animal (plural is also buffalo);
So, we get the following meaning:
The buffalo from Buffalo who are buffaloed by buffalo from Buffalo, buffalo (verb) other buffalo from Buffalo.
#3
They include assassination, bedazzled, bandit, fashionable, lonely, and uncomfortable.
#4
OMG is more than a century old!
#5
Before that, the color was called geoluread.
#6
Such a sentence is called a pangram. In English, there are other pangrams. They are often used to test fonts.
#7
Do you agree with the results of the poll? Which English word do you think is the most annoying? Do you know any other interesting facts about English? Tell us in the comments!
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108 Comments
Robert W Macdonald
I think that "Like" is like the most annoying word.
Gail Cusack
IRS supposed to be "The quick brown fox jumps over THE lazy dog" have typed it a zillion times when learning to type in another lifetime!
Julie Allen
I hate the word color as spelled in #5 when in English it is spelled colour.
Pam Smolek
I hate “whatever”. My late husband picked it up from an ex-dil, and used it quite often. In a discussion, it it quite dismissive.
Pauline Forbes
Robert W Macdonald, I agree!!!
Norma Cullerton
"It is what it is" more than one word but I hate the phrase
Vimala Padmaraj
FOR ME "AWESOME" IS THE WORD THAT ANNOYS ME. IT IS USED FOR EVERYTHING FROM PASSING MOTION TO CLIMBING MOUNT EVEREST. USED ONLY BY YOUTH - ESPECIALLY GIRLS.
lmoores
Assassination is Arabic in origin not English.
suejolley
mlandis, It is in the first word and also in my reply
Caroline Weis
Joanne M Medina, I know what you mean. It seems that a lot of people when talking to someone else throws in "you know" nearly every other word. It gets do annoying to hearthat because we dont know.
Peter Abrams
littledick, tHe quick.....
Peter Abrams
Lynne Mills, John, where Mary had had "had" had had " had had" " Had had" had met with the teacher's approval. That's ten in a row, but it takes two sentences. The past perfect tense of 'to have' is so often misused...usually by omission.
mlandis
mlandis, sorry, it does. Double checked and yep, there is an "H"
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Lynne Mills
Mary Evans, I have a vague recollection, please enlighten me. 😊
dmarkc
Matthew Roen, it means proceed, not direction. Nowhere (no direction) to proceed (go).
L Lh Adams
Julie Allen, Color is the American spelling.
L Lh Adams
Awsome,AnywayS,literally,like and whatever are very annoying "words".
Mary Evans
Anyone else remember how to put 11 x "had" into a coherent sentence?