tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73635562929688160472024-02-21T07:12:37.588+01:00Ana Bueno's English CornerIf you want to keep your English alive and continue learning outside the classroom, this is the place for you!Ana Buenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08401439195588360652noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363556292968816047.post-34024537490665774582014-11-14T07:00:00.000+01:002014-11-14T07:00:08.961+01:00Race the tube!<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It all started in London last July 2014, when James Heptonstall thought that going on foot could sometimes be quicker than being stuck on public transport! The route he chose was from <b>Mansion House</b> to <b>Cannon Street</b>, two important tube stations in London, 380 metres apart on foot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you will see on the video, the challenge consisted in getting off at Mansion House and run to the next tube station, Cannon Street, to catch the very same train! Do you think he succeeded? Check it out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11100602/Commuter-races-London-Underground-train-and-wins.html">The Telegraph</a> and many other newspapers covered the story. The </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">video was uploaded on YouTube and received more than 5 million visits! This kickstarted the movement in many other cities!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Race the Tube in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C-k5qPPQIY">Madrid</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Race the Tube in </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBE2dUV98Qc">Barcelona</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Race the Tube in </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AASrK_pXYg">Lyon</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Race the Tube in </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=904pNFnbIc8">Milan</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Race the Tube in </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8WKHrDlTxU">Brussels</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Race the Tube in </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6b5XTjj4vw">Hong Kong</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Race the Tube in </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wKq_k82els">Stockholm</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And how does our protagonist feel? Well, here you have the complete interview with the <strong>Race the Tube</strong> creator!</span><br />
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Ana Buenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08401439195588360652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363556292968816047.post-81391162028799990522014-11-07T07:00:00.000+01:002014-11-07T12:07:45.533+01:00Do you want a laugh?? :)<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We know that English humour is not particularly famous for being funny... but we must admit that they do have a gift for playing with language!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These word plays are so common that they even have a name - <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pun">puns</a></strong>! They play either with a word that has two meanings, or with pronunciation (that's why you have to say them aloud to get the pun!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here I leave you with a few. Some are a bit easier, others are a bit more difficult... but they are all <a href="http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=hilarious"><strong>hilarious</strong></a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(If there is any that you don't get, please leave a comment and ask!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you can see, <strong>puns</strong> are also very helpful to know different meanings of the same word, or to see how two completely different words can have a very similar pronunciation!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you want to see more puns like this, visit <strong><a href="http://news.distractify.com/jake-heppner/puns/?v=1&img=7af0f4">The 50 Funniest Puns In the History of Funny Puns</a>!</strong></span></div>
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<br />Ana Buenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08401439195588360652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363556292968816047.post-5004224413240268562014-10-24T09:30:00.001+02:002014-10-24T16:49:41.807+02:00Mind-blowing coincidences between Lincoln and Kennedy!<div style="color: #232323; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These days we've been talking about coincidences, so here I leave you with some <a href="http://www.linguee.es/ingles-espanol/traduccion/mind-blowing.html">mind-blowing</a> similarities between <strong>Lincoln and Kennedy</strong>. You'd be surprised!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #232323;">Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in1846.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #232323; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #232323; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #232323; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #232323; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Both Presidents were shot in the head.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now it gets really weird....</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #232323; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Both were assassinated by Southerners.</span><br />
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</span><span style="color: #232323; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.</span><br />
<span style="color: #232323; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.</span><br />
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</span><span style="color: #232323; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.</span><br />
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</span><span style="color: #232323; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Both assassins were known by their three names.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Both names are composed of fifteen letters.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now hang on to your seat!</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #232323; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Lincoln was shot at the theater named "Ford."</span><br />
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</span><span style="color: #232323; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Kennedy was shot in a car called "Lincoln" made by "Ford."</span><br />
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</span><span style="color: #232323; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">d here's the "kicker":</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #232323;">A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #232323; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AND...................:</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #232323; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Lincoln was shot in a theater and the assassin ran to a warehouse...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #232323; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and the assassin ran to a theater...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #232323; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Creepy, huh?? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Read more <a href="http://anabuenoeoi.blogspot.com.es/search/label/Curiosities"><strong>curiosities</strong></a> like these!</span></div>
Ana Buenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08401439195588360652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363556292968816047.post-70491420338284749792014-10-24T09:30:00.000+02:002014-10-24T11:02:32.057+02:00So that's why it's called "bluetooth"!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m sure you’re all familiar with the <strong>bluetooth</strong> technology, but... have you ever wondered where the word comes from? Here comes an interesting story...!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As it turns out, the technology has nothing to do with being blue, or looking like a tooth! Quite on the contrary, its origins come from medieval Scandinavia!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">King <strong>Harald Bluetooth</strong> was the Viking king of Denmark between 958 and 970. He christianised Denmark, and united parts of Denmark and Norway into one nation, much like the technology whose goal is to unify computers and cellular phones! They are all “uniters”!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jim Kardach was an Intel engineer who felt that wireless communication needed some uniting. At the time he had been reading a book about Vikings that featured the reign of King Harald Bluetooth. As Jim himself explained: </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>“Bluetooth was borrowed from the 10th-century, second king of Denmark, King Harald Bluetooth, who was famous for uniting Scandinavia just as we intended to unite the PC and cellular industries with a short-range wireless link."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Bluetooth logo is actually the initials of <strong>Harald Bluetooth</strong> written in Scandinavian runes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interesting, huh?? :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;">If you like reading curiosities like this, make sure you check "</span><a href="http://anabuenoeoi.blogspot.com.es/2012/04/some-curiosities-of-english-language.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><strong>Some curiosities of the English language!</strong></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;">" and "</span><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><a href="http://anabuenoeoi.blogspot.com.es/2014/10/mind-blowing-coincidences-between.html">Mind-blowing coincidences between Lincoln and Kennedy</a>!</strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;">"</span></div>
<br />Ana Buenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08401439195588360652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363556292968816047.post-91933078346733868742013-10-07T19:44:00.002+02:002014-10-23T13:07:54.820+02:0042 Idiom Origins<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHVB0Wycks0Fi8pARAYoGjI_mbyY7w8ATP6jfegtsXQEbDg0zXulh6Wvq7JC9LNlcBTWVW5J2pF1eBdXFqydT-DijyOAHWpf6hhmrA0hxHrp8FWyOfqSeWKdLzSejaFWwgPPOAJTqj5Kw/s1600/I+LOVE+WORDS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHVB0Wycks0Fi8pARAYoGjI_mbyY7w8ATP6jfegtsXQEbDg0zXulh6Wvq7JC9LNlcBTWVW5J2pF1eBdXFqydT-DijyOAHWpf6hhmrA0hxHrp8FWyOfqSeWKdLzSejaFWwgPPOAJTqj5Kw/s200/I+LOVE+WORDS.jpg" height="171" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you are a "word nerd", check out the following video: the origin of 42 idioms explained in under 10 minutes!</span></div>
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Ana Buenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08401439195588360652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363556292968816047.post-17777903876255152372012-04-16T19:00:00.000+02:002014-10-17T12:44:05.595+02:00Curious laws in other countries<br />
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On <b>Wednesday</b> we had one hour with Leah and you talked about the political organisation of the United States.</div>
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I was surfing the Internet to look for information about that and I found some very<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"> curious laws!</span></b> Below I post a few of them. Believe it or not, they are still in law books today, but some of them are absolutely ridiculous!!! :) - For a whole list, check this <a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?Strange-Laws-Around-the-World&id=2592162">link</a>.<br />
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In Ohio it is illegal to get a fish drunk.</div>
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In Tennessee, it is illegal to drive if you are asleep.</div>
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In Indiana, it is illegal to dress Barbie in Ken's clothes.</div>
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In Kentucky it is illegal to paint your lawn red. Any other colour is fine.</div>
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In Florida unmarried women can be jailed if they parachute on a Sunday.</div>
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In Miami, it is illegal to imitate an animal.</div>
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In Los Angeles, it is illegal to tell a customer you are really an actor.</div>
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In Pennsylvania, it is illegal to put a dollar on a string and pull it away when someone tries to pick it up.</div>
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It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.</div>
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A pregnant woman can legally urinate anywhere she wants, including if she requests, in a policeman's hat.</div>
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In York it is legal to murder a Scotsman within its ancient city walls but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow.</div>
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In Toronto in Canada, it is illegal to drive a street car on a Sunday if you have been eating garlic.</div>
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In France it is illegal to name a pig Napoleon</div>
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In Iceland, it is illegal to blow on lampposts.</div>
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In Hong Kong, a woman can kill her husband if he has cheated on her. She must use her bare hand though.</div>
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In Samoa, it is illegal to forget your wife's birthday.</div>
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Ana Buenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08401439195588360652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363556292968816047.post-52462410246798258222012-04-01T18:34:00.000+02:002014-10-24T16:52:22.366+02:00Some curiosities of the English language!<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today I leave you with some <strong>curiosities of the English language</strong>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">"Stewardesses"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">i</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">s the longest word typed with only the left hand.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">And "lollipop" </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">i</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">s</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;"> the longest word typed with your right hand.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">No word in the English language rhymes with</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">month, orange, silver, or purple.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "MT".</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing: 3px;">The sentence: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing: 3px;">"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing: 3px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing: 3px;">uses</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing: 3px;"> every letter of the alphabet.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing: 3px;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">The words 'racecar,'</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">'kayak'</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">and 'level' are</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;"> the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;"><span style="color: #38761d;">There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px; color: #222222;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">"Typewriter"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px; color: #222222;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing: 3px;">Well, now you know (a little) more than you did before!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing: 3px;"><span style="color: black;"> :)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing: 3px;"><span style="color: black;">If you like things like this, check the category <strong><a href="http://anabuenoeoi.blogspot.com.es/search/label/Curiosities">curiosities</a></strong> in the blog!</span></span></span></div>
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