Do you know that there are many unique facts that not everyone knows, maybe you are just studying the material, but have you ever thought about what unique facts are in English?? We will tell you unique English facts that you should know.
1.English originates from Germany and the Netherlands English is a West Germanic language originating from Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to the island of Britain by Germanic immigrants from parts of the northwestern part of what is now the Netherlands and Germany.
2.Words that have no meaning Due to a printing error, there is a word in the English dictionary from 1932 to 1940 that has no meaning, you know, 'Dord'. This word is known as the 'ghost word'
3.Do you know why computer keyboards and typewriters have lists of letters like that and don't follow the alphabetical list? The reason was that at the beginning of the typewriter, the keys needed to be arranged in such a way that the letter printing machine was not problematic and damaged. Letters need to be separated so that letters that are used frequently are not next to each other.
4.Ze/Hir. Ze and hir are gender neutral pronouns that are slowly gaining popularity. This is different from gender-defined pronouns, namely he/him (masculine) and she/her (feminine). My friend is very happy that ze will come to the party later.
5.English spelling was complicated by William Caxton. William Caxton was an Englishman who famously founded the printing press. He employed Flemish workers who spelled some of the vocabulary the way they had always spelled it. So that there are several spelling in English that are complicated and different from the usual rules.
6.'I' is the shortest word in English I' which in Indonesian means I, is the shortest word in English that is most often used.
7.The longest word in English consists of 45 letters. The longest word in English is 'Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis' which means lung disease caused by inhaling dust and ashes.
8.The English Dictionary was first written in 1755. The first dictionary was written by Samuel Johnson also known as "A Dictionary of the English Language" which was also published as "Johnson's Dictionary".
9.The words "girl" and "man" have no gender. In modern English, the word "girl" always means a girl (or young woman), and the word "man" always means a grown man. But it wasn't always like that. Until the 1300s, "girl" just meant a small child and it could mean a girl or a boy. The word “man” only means a person and not just a man.
10.English is the third most spoken language in the world. the first and second are Mandarin Chinese and Spanish.
