1. The letters H, I, O, and X are the only letters that look the same if you flip them upside down or view them from behind.
2. "W" is the only letter in the alphabet that does not have one syllable. It has three!
3. The English word alphabet comes to us, by way of Latin, from the names of the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha and beta.
4. The most commonly used letter from the English alphabet is E and the least used is Z.
5. More English words begin with the letter "s" than with any other letter.
6. A sentence which contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet is called a pangram. A famous pangram is: “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” but there are even shorter ones such as: “Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.”
7. The 26 letters of the English alphabet make up more than 40 distinct sounds. Since there are a lot more sounds than letters, many letters have different pronunciations.
8. The most common consonant in English is "r", followed by "t".
9. There is a lake in Massachusetts whose name is 45-letter long and contains no E and T the most frequently used letters of English. The name of this lake is CHARGOGGAGOGGMANCHAUGGAGOGGCHAUBUNAGUNGAMAUGG.
10. The only three words in the English language to have 2 consecutive u’s is vacuum, residuum, and continuum.
Bonus: The following sentence contains 7 identical words in a row and still makes sense. "It is true for all that that that that that that that refers to is not the same that that that that refers to." (= It is true for all that, that that "that" which that "that" refers to is not the same "that" which that "that" refers to.)
2. "W" is the only letter in the alphabet that does not have one syllable. It has three!
3. The English word alphabet comes to us, by way of Latin, from the names of the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha and beta.
4. The most commonly used letter from the English alphabet is E and the least used is Z.
5. More English words begin with the letter "s" than with any other letter.
6. A sentence which contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet is called a pangram. A famous pangram is: “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” but there are even shorter ones such as: “Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.”
7. The 26 letters of the English alphabet make up more than 40 distinct sounds. Since there are a lot more sounds than letters, many letters have different pronunciations.
8. The most common consonant in English is "r", followed by "t".
9. There is a lake in Massachusetts whose name is 45-letter long and contains no E and T the most frequently used letters of English. The name of this lake is CHARGOGGAGOGGMANCHAUGGAGOGGCHAUBUNAGUNGAMAUGG.
10. The only three words in the English language to have 2 consecutive u’s is vacuum, residuum, and continuum.
Bonus: The following sentence contains 7 identical words in a row and still makes sense. "It is true for all that that that that that that that refers to is not the same that that that that refers to." (= It is true for all that, that that "that" which that "that" refers to is not the same "that" which that "that" refers to.)
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