[Az-Geocaching] some words about words
Team Evil Fish
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Sun, 1 Jun 2003 12:28:29 -0700
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WORDs
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."=20
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or =
purple.=20
Shakespeare invented the words 'assassination' and 'bump.'=20
Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand; =
"lollipop"=20
with your right.=20
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The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.=20
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."=20
The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter =
is=20
"uncopyrightable."=20
The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every =
letter=20
of the alphabet.=20
The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are =
read=20
left to right or right to left (palindromes).=20
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There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": =20
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.=20
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There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in =
order: "abstemious" and "facetious."=20
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There is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which =
occurs=20
five times: "indivisibility."=20
"Typewriter" is the longest word that can be made using the letters only =
on=20
one row of the keyboard.
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<DIV>WORDs<BR><BR>"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the =
letters=20
"mt." <BR><BR>No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, =
silver,=20
or purple. <BR><BR>Shakespeare invented the words 'assassination' and =
'bump.'=20
<BR><BR>Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand; =
"lollipop" <BR>with your right. <BR> <BR>The average person's left =
hand=20
does 56% of the typing. <BR><BR>The longest one-syllable word in the =
English=20
language is "screeched." <BR><BR>The only 15-letter word that can be =
spelled=20
without repeating a letter is <BR>"uncopyrightable." <BR><BR>The =
sentence: "The=20
quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter <BR>of the =
alphabet.=20
<BR><BR>The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether =
they are=20
read <BR>left to right or right to left (palindromes). =
<BR> <BR>There are=20
only four words in the English language which end in "dous": =20
<BR>tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. =
<BR> <BR>There are=20
two words in the English language that have all five vowels in =
<BR>order:=20
"abstemious" and "facetious." <BR> <BR>There is a word in the =
English=20
language with only one vowel, which occurs <BR>five times: =
"indivisibility."=20
<BR><BR>"Typewriter" is the longest word that can be made using the =
letters only=20
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