66 Facts You May Not Have Known About The English Language

[longknife]

As a writer/author, this immediately caught my attention. This definitely goes into my Things to Know file.

The part of your back that you can't quite reach to scratch is called the acnestis. It's derived from the Greek word for "cheese-grater."

The one in my back constantly drives me up the wall.

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[rayniac]

lots of nice ideas to include in future conversations... hate the shivviness that comes with wearing new underwear....

It does help to have learnt some Latin and one or another Roman language, though.

 

[Two Thumbs]

7. There was no word for the color orange in English until about 450 years ago.

correct, it was called yellow-red. The color was renamed after the fruit 'orange'.

 

[Politico]

Wow I knew all those things. Amazing how dumb our current generation is.