A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia
Fancy  yourself a wizard with words? Try this quick quiz:1. What's noteworthy about the following sentence: "Quit beer," vows dizzy, puking, Michael J. Fox?
2. If numbers are arranged in alphabetical order, what would be first and last?
3. What word has the longest entry in the Oxford English Dictionary? You can find the answers to these questions on this barebones site -- an incredibly thorough collection of word trivia and information. Click around and uncover facts about palindromes, vowels, and beautiful words. You can even find tips for your next game of Scrabble. (Oh yeah, the answers to the aforementioned questions: 1. The sentence is a pangram, one that uses every letter of the alphabet. 2. Eight would be first, zero would be last. 3. The word "set.") (in Linguistics & Languages) |
