Well Hello again, gentle reader. I am going back to work tomorrow after 8 and a half weeks summer holidays. So today lets kick back and get an English lesson.
Here are my fun facts about my mother tongue.
1. 1 in 7 people on Earth speak English.
2. Every 98 minutes a new English word is created.
3. 90% of everything ever written in English uses just 1000 words.
4. The longest word in English with just 1 syllable is "Screeched."
5. "LOL" was officially recognized as a word in 2011.
6. 80% of all data stored on computers is in English.
7. The longest word in English without a vowel is "Rhythms".
8. The shortest complete sentence in English is "Go"
9. The most commonly misused word in English is "Ironic"
10. The verb "Unfriend" dates back to 1659.
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