MAP OF ENGLAND

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

According to Illinois state law, it is illegal to speak English. The officially recognized language is
"American."

Widow is the only female form in the English language that is shorter than its corresponding male term
(widower).
Victor Hugo's Les Miserable contains one of the longest sentences in the French language 823 words
without a period.
There is only ONE word in the English language with THREE CONSECUTIVE SETS OF
DOUBLE LETTERS.... Bookkeeper
There is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which occurs five times: "indivisibility."
There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of
its letters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.
There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and
"facetious."
There are thirteen languages spoken by more than 100 million people. They are: Mandarin Chinese,
English, Hindi, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Bengali, Portuguese, Malay-Indonesian, French, Japanese,
German, and Urdu.
There are roughly 6,500 spoken languages in the world today. However, about 2,000 of those languages
have fewer than 1,000 speakers. The most widely spoken language in the world is Mandarin Chinese.
There are 885,000,000 people in China that speak that language.
There are only two sequences of four consecutive letters that can be found in the English language:
"rstu" and "mnop." Examples of each are understudy and gynophobia.
There are only 4 words in the English language which end in "duos": tremendous, horrendous,
stupendous, and hazardous.
There are at least two words in the English language that use all of the vowels, in the correct order, and
end in the letter Y: abstemiously & facetiously.
There are 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way
when the last four letters are removed.
he shortest word in the English language with all its letters in alphabetical order is the word "almost."

The Philippines has more than 1,000 regional dialects and two official languages.

The only MLB team to have both its city's name and its team name in a foreign language is the San
Diego Padres.

The longest word in the Finnish language, that isn't a compound word, is
'epaejaerjestelmaellistyttaemaettoemyydellaensaekaeaen'. In English it means 'even with their lack of
ability to disorganize'.

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
ispneumonoultra-microscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.

The longest word in the English language is 1909 letters long and it refers to a distinct part of DNA

The longest one syllable word in he English language is "screeched".

The letter most in use in the English language is "E" and the letter "Q" is least used.

The computer programming language ADA was named in honor of Augusta Ada King. The U.S.
Defense Department named the language after the Countess of Lovelace and daughter of Lord Byron
because she helped finance and program what is thought to be the first computer, the “analytical
engine” designed by Charles Babbage.

The Chinese language does not require punctuation.

The "huddle" in football was formed due a deaf football player who used sign language to
communicate and his team didn't want the opposition to see the signals he used and in turn huddled
around him.

South Africa used to have two official languages, now it has eleven.

Some biblical scholars believe that Aramaic (the language of the ancient Bible) did not contain an easy
way to say 'many things' and used a term which has come down to us as 40. This means that when the
bible -in many places -refers to '40 days,' they meant many days.

Seoul, the South Korean capital, just means "the capital" in the Korean language.

Rudyard Kipling was fired as a reporter for the San Francisco Examiner. His dismissal letter was
reported to have said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Kipling, but you just don't know how to use the English language.
This isn't a kindergarten for amateur writers."
Out of all the eight letter words in the English language, only one has only one vowel in it: "strength"

Only 3 words in the English language end in "ceed": "proceed," "exceed," and "succeed."

On June 26th, 1945, the charter of the United Nations was signed by 50 countries in San Francisco.
(The text of the charter was in five languages: Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.)

Of all the words in the English language, the word "set" has the most definitions.
Of all the languages in the world, English has the largest vocabulary about 800,000 words.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
No language has more synonyms than English.
Latin is a dead language.
In Vulcan, Alberta Canada, the tourist welcome sign is written in both English and Klingon (alien
language from “Star Trek”).
French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, has been translated into more languages than any
book outside of the Bible.
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the Finnish word SAIPPUAKIVIKAUPPIAS a
soapstone seller is the longest known palindrome in any language.
"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.
"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.
Many languages in Africa include a “click” sound that is pronounced at the same time as other sounds.
You must learn these languages in childhood to do it properly.
More than 1,000 different languages are spoken on the continent of Africa.
There is no word that rhymes with purple.
The most common letters in English are
R S T L N E.
Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head."
There is no word that rhymes with orange.
It has been estimated that the number of actively spoken languages in the world today is about 6,000.
The language of a society changes slowly but steadily with the result that an educated person will not
be able to read or understand words in his language written 500 years ago.
No word in the English language rhymes with"month".
"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!
The language in which a government conducts business is the official language of that country.
Somalia is the only African country in which the entire population speaks the same language, Somali.
All pilots on international flights identify themselves in English.
The most difficult language to learn is Basque, which is spoken in northwestern Spain and
southwestern France.
There are more than 2,700 languages in the world. In addition, there are more than 7,000 dialects.
The only word in English dictionary that sums up exactly 100 is “attitude”.

? The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet.

? The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary is
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

? The only other word in the English with the same amount of letters is its plural:
pneomonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosesl.

? “I am”. Is the shortest complete sentence in English language.

? The longest one syllable word in the English language is “screeched”.

? A dot over the letter “i” is called a TITTLE.

? The word “Set” has more definitions than any other word in the English language.

? No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple.

? On reversing the words they spell the same: “Malayalam”, “Liril” and “Madam”.

? There is a seven – letter word in the English language that contains 10 words without rearranging any
of its letters, “therein” – the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.

? “Stewardesses” is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

? “Facetious” & “Abstemious” contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does
“Arsenious”(meaning Containing arsenic).

? "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order
.50 THINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW

(or 50 Completely Useless Facts!)

The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same
way when the last four letters are removed.

Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.
Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!
What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in
France.
"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
"Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.

In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child

A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!

Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath

There is a city called Rome on every continent.

It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!

Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!

Horatio Nelson, one of England's most illustrious admirals was throughout his life, never able
to find a cure for his sea-sickness.
The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of
London
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people

Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe!

The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!

One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!

The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as 1667, when Jean-Baptiste,
transfused two pints of blood from a sheep to a young man

Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!

The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion
by 2080.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.

Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has
been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.

Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.

On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute.

More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.
The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English
words.
More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.

Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.

The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!
The six official languages of the United Nations are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian
and Spanish.
Earth is the only planet not named after a god.

It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.

You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.
Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!

Dolphins sleep with one eye open!

It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open

The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds
Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed
once every three months, whether she needed it or not
Slugs have 4 noses.

Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue.
A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!

A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!

The average person laughs 10 times a day!
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain
One of these amazing, but useless facts is false. Do you know which one?
 URDU GAZAL
“YEH AUR BAAT HAI”

Meri Har Aik Shayeri Main Chupa Tha Teri Mohabbat,

Tum Ne Mehsoos Na Kiya
YEH AUR BAAT HAI,
Main Ne Har Dum Tere Hi Khawab Dekhe,
Mujhe Tabeer Na Mili
YEH AUR BAAT HAI,
Main Ne Jab Bhi Tujhe Se Baat Karna Chaha,
Mujhe Alfaaz Na Mile
YEH AUR BAAT HAI,
Main Tere Mohabbat Ke Samandar Mein Dour Tak Nikla,
Mujhe Sahil Na Mila
YEH AUR BAAT HAI,
Qudrat Ne Tujh Ko Likha Tha Meri Thakdeer,
Main Teri Qismat Main Na Tha
“YEH AUR BAAT HAI”