Friday, March 13, 2009

Strange Facts Known By Few...


~The most used letter in the English alphabet is ‘E’, and ‘Q’ is the least used.

~Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, “Gadsby”, which contains over 50,000 words--none of them with the letter E! (this one really amazes me, how could that even be possible?)

~Of all the words in the English language, the word "set" has the most definitions.

~In the U.S. there are 18 doctors called Dr. Doctor, and one called Dr. Surgeon. There is also a dermatologist named Dr. Rash, a psychiatrist called Dr. Couch and an anesthesiologist named Dr. Gass.

~The only words with all the vowels listed in order are facetiously and abstemiously.

~The only word with all the vowels in reverse order is subcontinental.

~Dan Johnson has too much time on his hands--but you probably already knew that.

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