Language Interesting Facts

This is a cool thread...

the cameroon one is a bit ridiculous

is like saying in spanish there are no 12´s because we hardly use the W

completely ridiculous

fun thread!

So you have no noon or no midnight ?

exactly

days switch with a noon continuum in the middle. Time stops for us until it´s 1 am/pm and during that tme we live psychodelical adventures n a place called cabimbanbunmba

Thats wild.....anyone know where the word fuck actually came from?

Fornication Under Consent of the King

A baby in Florida was named: Truewilllaughinglifebuckyboomermanifestdestiny. His middle name is George James???????............i mean poor baby!!

BTW Watty....whats up with the english driving on the other side of the road??
and did u see the score of the last rudby game between France and england.....

That's some pretty awesome stuff, might have to print those out...

Very interested

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Originally posted by Watty

* The "you are here" arrow on maps is called an ideo locator

*I thought that arrow was called an idiot locator

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Originally posted by Watty

* Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand

*What would you be using your right hand for?

what is written without effort is usually read without pleasure

read it with pleasure - thnx mate for some interesting stuff.

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Originally posted by Watty

* The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want
* Papaphobia is the fear of Popes
* Pogonophobia: The fear of beards

Gambrinous is a word meaning "full of beer"
Transurphobia is the fear of haircuts
Eosophobia is the fear of the dawn.

Also, did you know...
"Left-handed people cannot write Mandarin Chinese"
and
"In the book, 'Gone with the Wind', Melanie's pregnancy lasts 21 months - based on the actual bettles mentioned"