21 Fev 2019 ILC Fátima
Here are 5 interesting facts about the English language that you probably didn't know:
1. Month, orange, silver, and purple do not rhyme with any other word.
2. There are seven ways to spell the sound ‘ee’ in English. This sentence contains all of them: ‘He believed Caesar could see people seizing the seas’.
3. The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
4. If you wrote out all the numbers (e.g. one, two, three . . . ), you would not use the letter "b" until the word "billion."
5. Only one word in all of the English language has the letters X, Y, and Z in order: Hydroxyzine. This unique word is a type of medicine that prevents sneezing and anxiety.
2. There are seven ways to spell the sound ‘ee’ in English. This sentence contains all of them: ‘He believed Caesar could see people seizing the seas’.
3. The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
4. If you wrote out all the numbers (e.g. one, two, three . . . ), you would not use the letter "b" until the word "billion."
5. Only one word in all of the English language has the letters X, Y, and Z in order: Hydroxyzine. This unique word is a type of medicine that prevents sneezing and anxiety.