Interesting FACTS about the English language

Learn 10 interesting facts about the English language in this video lesson.

Apprenez 10 faits interessants au sujet de la langue anglaise.

Here is a sample of the questions that I answer in this lesson:

What is the longest word in English?
What is the shortest possible sentence?
What is the most commonly used letter of the alphabet?
What is the most commonly used consonant in English?
What is the most common letter as the first letter of a word?
What is the longest word without a real vowel?
and other questions.

We sometimes call these facts "trivia".

There are subtitles on the screen to help you understand. The accent is British English.

This class is particulary useful for ESL English students as well as for teachers.

Other videos:

Playlists:

Andrew,
Crown Academy of English

“Smart Looking Guy Presenting Something” by stockimages
“business Female Pointing forward” by imagerymajestic
“Drummer Drifting Away At The Rhythm” by stockimages
“Stressed Out Primary Girl Child Holding Her Head” by stockimages
“Young Woman Sleeping On Bed” by David Castillo Dominici
“Home” by Danilo Rizzuti
“Girl with Headphones” by mrsiraphol

[akefrostom]

we have in Arabic language a poem contains ten verses, which you can read them from the right to the left and from the left to the right. The amazing thing is the meaning doesn't change.

[nelsong]

Thanks a lot, dear Andrew for posting one more excellent video! Big hug from Brazil :)

[rachend]

I always enjoy this!..Thanks teacher Andrew... :D

[chris-hexagonalfroggy]

The letter "e" is the most commonly used letter in french too. "a void" is a 300-page french novel (Georges Perec -1969) written without using letter "e" !!! DO you think that it's possible in english?

[rickeyepittman]

This was a great video. I shared it with my ENG composition class!

[AA-gukq]

Hi there, it is good to see you back . Really I fell full engagement with your videos.

[adrieltruther]

Good video.

About Spanish
1. You can read "reconocer" forward and backward.
2. In «aristocráticos» each letter appears twice.
3. «electroencefalografista» is the longest word established by the RAE.
4. «Mil» is the only number that doesn't have 'o' or 'e'.
5 "guineoecuatorial" has the 5 vowels twice.

[sergiozatti]

In Italian language the word "AIUOLE"; it means flowerbeds, it's the only word which contains all the vowels. Then the word "PRECIPITEVOLISSIMEVOLMENTE", it's the longest Italian word. it means (more or less) more you climb height more you can fall off easily.

[faariyadurrani]

I love your voice & thanks for the video

[odettemukankusi]

I am interested in

Fact 3 because I didn’t know that the sentence "I am" is complete.
Your example is a good explanation,
Fact 9: It is very interesting for me to know different ways to pronounce ``ough`` I had many confusions about it,
There are other interesting facts such as fact 2, 6, 10

Thank you Andrew, I am very inerested by lessons!

[tayouchkerrami]

It s very useful lesson but i recommand you my teacher to give us a buisness lessons
All pleasure my best teacher

[KatyAdelson]

Hmmm..I could be saying it wrong, but I pronounce the "ough" in "borough" and "dough" the same way (I pronounce both like the "dough" way). :o That's probably just a Western USA thing... I've noticed that we tend to simplify the sounds more than other parts of the country (e.g. the words "cot" and "caught" sound the same over here...). ^^

[abedalrahmandib]

Hi Mr. Andrew
I hope you are fine.

By the way, If I have made any grammatical mistakes, please let me know.
I always watch your videos here and I think that my English has improved remarkably .
I have a question .
Do you know any university in the United Kingdom accepts 5 in the IELTS exam? If you please Mr Andrew, if you know any, let me know as soon as possible.

Thank you so much in advance

[viagostudyhub]

Sir. Let me know any five words that begins with double pure vowel like Ooze. may one help me?

[elshadhudulov]

Hi i am from Azrebaijan.I can speak English Langue.You very good teacher

[theeccentricenglishman]

There is also the London area of Knightsbridge with 6 consecutive consonants

[juanlobopetro]

Hello, thank you very much for your videos, but I would appreciate it if you speak a little slow like you did in your previous videos, it is that sometimes you do it very fast and the people that we are just learning this beautiful idima we hardly understand it.

[premsagarsingh]

VEKLEMMT is another word ending with -mt

[qvimori]

The most interresting part in Hellenic language is the mathematical-logical structure that does not enforces us to memorise but to thingk and consequently to bear new words without never being wrong. Everything is structured absolutely perfectly following mathematical notions so we have one word to express one very certain thing of condition. The most important is that Hellenic language surviver even under 500 of Turkish domination without lexikons or lexicoraphers just because it has this mathematical structure. Hellenic language has been developed absolutely naturally and it is practically unsinkable . It has been developed like a mountain or like ana archipelago or coral reef having very few axioms and just logic. It has been adopted by romans even after ancient Hellenic collapse . Just wonder in case of British collapse or American collapse who is goingg to adopt English. Only a stupid that might wants to bree engaged in a chaotic situation. I read about Jonston and his successfull attemt to compile a lexikon putting an end in a chaos of English language in 18th century and i am steel laughing because of the awkwardness of his attempt. Just in nine years a small team with a leader jenious probably is not possible to develope a complete language or at least a complete language of respect. English language has been imposed world wide through the cannons of British Empire and afterwards through the American external policy. It is a commonly accepted th an international language, but deeply, and at least for someone who emanates from a linguistic environment as the Hellenic it is simply peculiar how all these supposed to be great British scholars accepted to forest a disable language like English ignoring illuminated the same time from a candle when the sun shine is so pattently brigh some kilometers southern and eastern. I do not really boast about my country. Greece is possibly fool of disadvantages, it might be the worst country in the world if you want. But i am really wondering about the average IQ of a British who has adopted everything which was superior from abroad and just forgot to adopt or refused to adopt this unparallel impeccable linguistic jewell the time that even the word (I am eimi in Greek) is Greek

[thomHD]

Scientific and technical terminology with Latin/Greek roots shouldn't really be included in the list of longest words. There are endless words for chemical formulas that way longer than 45 letters.