Source

source:
www.skola.amoskadan.cz

Letters

The most common letter in English words is the letter E. The most common consonant is T. By the letter T starts the most of word. On the second position is the letter O and on the third position is E.

(Source: wisegeek.com)

exchange

English language soaks in many languages because of its business and political importance.
But there are some words, that comeinto the Englisch from other languages.
very nice example:kinder­garten
source:this webpages

Did you know that the word widow is the only female form in the English language that is shorter than its corresponding male term?(Widower)
source: antimoon.com

Llanfairpwllgwyn­gyllgogerychwyr­ndrobwllllanty­siliogogogoch is the most longest village name in United Kingdom. I found it on Wikipedia.

I've found out that only 3 words in the English language end in „ceed“: „proceed“, „exceed“, and „succeed“.
source: funshun.com

Try to say this sentence:
A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.
After looking the pronunciation up, you will know, that „ough“ can be pronounced in nine different ways!!!

(source)antimo­on.com

English spelling has many rules today but in the past, especialy in middle ages, there were no rules how to spell English words. This ended with the invention and usage of printing press when the first rules were established because the printers needed them to unify the print. Most of the spelling rules were fixed around the end of the 17th century.

(source: History of English Language Lectures)

Basic English

Did you know that there is a thing called Basic English (or also Simple English) which is a constructed variety of English language. This variety has much simpler rules and much less vocabulary so it is easier to learn it. It is used by some technical manuals and in some countries (China) they use teach it instead of „real“ English to the beginners. On Wikipedia most articles translated to English are also translated to Simple English.

(source: wikipedia.org)

Do you know that nursery rhymes are based on real historical events?

You might know this traditional nursery rhyme: „Jack and Jill went up the hill/To fetch a pail of water./Jack fell down and broke his crown,/And Jill came tumbling after./…“

Jack refers to the king Louis XVI, who was beheaded (=Jack … broke his crown), and Jill refers to the queen Marie Antoinette, who was beheaded as well (=Jill came tumbling after).

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And source, of course…
www.rhymes.org.uk

vowels in the alphabetical order

Try to come up with an English word which contains all five vowels in the alphabetical order…it is tough, isn't it? That's because there are only two such words – abstemious and facetious.
(funshun.com)

Four consecutive letters

„rstu“ and „mnop“ are only two sequences of four consecutive letters than can be found in the English language. For example: understudy and gynophobia.

Re: Four consecutive letters

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Just three

No word in the English language rhymes with"month".
(slunce – žblunce)
The longest one syllable word in he English language is „screeched“.
„Four“ is the only number whose number of letters in the name equals the number.
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