1. English is the language of the skies

You might know that English is the language of many lands (it’s the official language of 67 countries) but did you know it’s the language of the skies, too? That’s right, English is spoken by all pilots to identify themselves on flights, regardless of where they are from – yet another way in which learning English improves employability, to join our examples in tourism and multinational companies.

2.We use the words ‘you’ and ‘me’ all the time, but which of the two do you think is the most widely used? You might be surprised to learn that while ‘you’ is the 18th most commonly used word in the English language; ‘me’ is way back at number 50. So what is the most used English word? Exactly that: ‘the’.

3.A new word is added to the dictionary every two hours. The newest and strangest include ‘nerdjacking’ (to hijack a conversation with detailed explanations), ‘undorse’ (to reverse a policy) and ‘Mx’ (a gender-neutral form of address instead of using Mr or Ms).

4.English originates from Old English, which is its earliest historical form from the 5th century. There was no punctuation until the 15th century. The oldest Old English word still used today that has the same direct meaning is ‘town’. Town has kept the same meaning as its original Old English word “tun” meaning area of dwelling.

5.‘Go.’ is the shortest grammatically correct sentence in English.

6.There are no words in English that rhyme perfectly with ‘month’, ‘orange’, ‘silver’ or ‘purple’. The definition of a ‘perfect rhyme’ can be found here.

7.The longest word in English with its letters in alphabetical order is ‘aegilops’, which is a type of plant.

8.The 25 Most Common Nouns in the English Language:

1. time

2. person

3. year

4. way

5. day

6. thing

7. man

8. world

9. life

10. hand

11. part

12. child

13. eye

14. woman

15. place

16. work

17. week

18. case

19. point

20. government

21. company

22. number

23. group

24. problem

25. fact

9.Acronyms that have Become Accepted English Words[5454]

SCUBA self-contained underwater breating apparatus

SNAFU situation normal, all fouled up (or a differed "F" word)

LASER light amplification by the stimulated emission of radiation

RADAR radio detection and ranging

SONAR sound navigation and ranging

MODEM modulator/demodulator

YUPPIE young urban professional

10.The longest non-coined, non-technical word published in multiple dictionaries is 28 letters long: Antidisestablishmentarianism.