My friend Ken Gaines can certainly appreciate this... The Top 5 Oddities of the English Language 5. The two longest words containing only one of the six vowels (including y) are the 15-letter DEFENSELESSNESS and RESPECTLESSNESS. 4. FORTY is the only number which has its letters in alphabetical order. ONE is the only number with its letters in reverse alphabetical order. 3. BOOKKEEPER is the only word with three consecutive doubled letters. 2. Despite the assertions of a well-known puzzle, modern English does not have three common words ening in -GRY. Angry and Hungry are the only words. 1. OUGH can be pronounced in eight different ways. The following sentence contains them all: A rough-coated, dough-faced ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough, coughing and hiccoughing thoughtfully.
Posted on: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 00:42:32 +0000
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