Fun Facts about the English language
I've heard it said that the English language is one of the greatest inventions in human history, and that certainly is no overstatement.
Play on Words is a celebration of the English language. See what fun you can have with the ease of moving cards around in your hand. Besides simply building words, it's fun to find words within words, and make new words already played with the addition of a letter or two (or three or four, etc.) and re-arranging. And it's really good for the brain.
You tell me if you don't feel mentally sharper after playing Play on Words for 20 minutes. Though we weren't really trying to when we started, we've invented a brain game.
For a little fun now, let's look at some interesting facts about the English language ....
The word "alphabet" comes from the first two letters in Greek -- alpha and beta.
The most common letters in the English language are E, T, N, R, S. The least common are K, X, J, Z and Q.
The word "queue" is the only word that is pronounced the same with the last four letters removed.
The dot on the letter "i" or a "j" is called a tittle or a superscript dot.
There are 10 words in the 7-letter word, "THEREIN" without re-arranging the word at all: THE, THERE, HE, HER, HERE, IN, ERE, REIN, HEREIN, THEREIN.
"Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with "UND."
There are no words in the English language that rhyme with "month", "silver", "orange", and "purple."
The shortest complete sentence in English is "Go," followed by "I am."
"Invisibililty" is the only word in the English language that has 12 or more letters but just one vowel. The letter "i" appears 5 times!
Play on Words is a celebration of the English language. See what fun you can have with the ease of moving cards around in your hand. Besides simply building words, it's fun to find words within words, and make new words already played with the addition of a letter or two (or three or four, etc.) and re-arranging. And it's really good for the brain.
You tell me if you don't feel mentally sharper after playing Play on Words for 20 minutes. Though we weren't really trying to when we started, we've invented a brain game.
For a little fun now, let's look at some interesting facts about the English language ....
The word "alphabet" comes from the first two letters in Greek -- alpha and beta.
The most common letters in the English language are E, T, N, R, S. The least common are K, X, J, Z and Q.
The word "queue" is the only word that is pronounced the same with the last four letters removed.
The dot on the letter "i" or a "j" is called a tittle or a superscript dot.
There are 10 words in the 7-letter word, "THEREIN" without re-arranging the word at all: THE, THERE, HE, HER, HERE, IN, ERE, REIN, HEREIN, THEREIN.
"Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with "UND."
There are no words in the English language that rhyme with "month", "silver", "orange", and "purple."
The shortest complete sentence in English is "Go," followed by "I am."
"Invisibililty" is the only word in the English language that has 12 or more letters but just one vowel. The letter "i" appears 5 times!
