Friday, February 20, 2009

some interesting facts from vocublary

"Go" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

‘Listen’ contains the same letters as ‘silent.’ 

In ancient England a person could not have sex unless they had consent of the King (unless they were in the Royal Family). When anyone wanted to have a baby, they got consent of the King and the King gave them a placard that they hung on their door while they were having sex. The placard read F.U.C.K. (Fornication Under Consent of the King). Now you know where that word came from.

In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

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