Some Interesting Facts Of English Language

Some Interesting Facts of English Language
• "Forty" is the only number which has its letters in alphabetical order. "One" is the only number with its letters in reverse alphabetical order.
• "Rhythms" is the longest English word without the normal vowels, a, e, i, o, or u.
• There is no word that rhymes with orange.
• "Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
• Of all the words in the English language, the word ' set ' has the most definitions!
• Only 3 words in the English language end in "ceed": "proceed," "exceed," and "succeed."
• Of all the languages in the world, English has the largest vocabulary about 800,000 words."Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und."
• "The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.
• "Four" is the only number whose number of letters in the name equals the number.
• The shortest word in the English language with all its letters in alphabetical order is the word "almost."
• The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis. The only other word with the same amount of letters is pneumonoultra-microscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.
• The letter most in use in the English language is "E" and the letter "Q" is least used.
• There is only ONE word in the English language with THREE CONSECUTIVE SETS OF DOUBLE LETTERS.... Bookkeeper
• There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."

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let's compare: <"Forty" is the only number which has its letters in alphabetical order.> and <The shortest word in the English language with all its letters in alphabetical order is the word "almost.">

"almost" should be defined as the longest one; the shortest would be "no"

as to "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis " & "pneumonoultra-microscopicsilicovolcanoconioses" - isn't this in Latin? or doesn't this come from Latin? English vocabulary is like a cake with variety of layers and fruits with whipped cream and colourful jelly