random facts part 2

so i did a post in december about random writing/reading facts from an app on my phone. well there are some new ones so i thought i would share.

- 'dreamt' is the only english word that ends in the letters 'mt'.
- 'go' is the shortest complete sentence in the english language.
- in english pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. so in old england, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. it's where we get the phrase 'mind your p's and q's'.
-many years ago in england, pub frequenters had to whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. when they needed a refill, they used to whistle to get some service. 'et your whistle' is the phrase inspired by this practice.
-men can read smaller print than women.
-no word in the english language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
-'typewriter' is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
-the average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
-there are only four words in the english language which end in 'dous': tremendous, horrendous, stupendous and hazardous.

random facts

so i went to seattle for christmas and visited some family there, so that is why i didn't post on christmas. sorry. i hope everyone had a great christmas. on my way home, my plane got delayed from 8am to 11pm that night. so i was stuck in the airport all the time, for i didn't have a car. so while waiting for my plane that night, i was goofing off on my droid phone. i downloaded an app that gave you just random facts. well there were some facts about writing and the english language and i thought i would share them with all of you. i will comment that i'm typing it straight from the app, so don't mind that bad grammar, it's not me, it's the app. hehe.

~ stewardesses is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
~ it was accepted practice in babylon 4000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month we know today as the honeymoon.
~ in shakespear's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. when you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. hence the phrase 'goodnight, sleep tight'.
~ no word in the english language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
~ the first novel ever written on a typewritter was tom sawyer.
~ the longest one-syllable word in the english language is 'screeched.'