Fun with words/letters

[Coastalguy]

Did you know:

In the English language:


The longest 1 syllable word is SQUIRRELLED.
The longest 1 syllable word with only one vowel is STRENGTHS.


The top 5 words with the most meanings (Oxford English Dictionary) are:

RUN - 76
SET - 63
POINT - 49
STRIKE - 48
LIGHT - 47


HIPPOPOTOMONSTROSESQUIPPEDALIOPHOBIA is the fear of long words.
(and the .com and .info are regged!)

Only 2 words end in "gry": HUNGRY and ANGRY


Only 1 word ends in "mt": DREAMT


BOOKKEEPER is the only word that has 3 consecutive double letters.

Bored tonight and started having some Google Fun!

ST

 

[Dan]

SQUIRRELLED is 2 syllables.
Anatidaephobia — fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you.

 

[Coastalguy]

SQUIRRELLED is 2 syllables.
Anatidaephobia — fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you.

Dan: Squirrelled is a debatable 2 syllable word.

Main article: List of the longest English words with one syllable.
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is either squirrelled, scraunched, or one of several 9-letter words (such as squelched). The first two words may be pronounced using more than one syllable in some accents. Strengths is the longest with only one vowel.


Thanks for your post,
ST

 

[Kenny]

Thanks CG,
Cool post.

SQUIRRELLED is 2 syllables.
Anatidaephobia — fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you.

:zzz:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_longest_English_words_with_one_syllable

Cy

 

[Dan]

Well if a page on Wikipedia says it's true, I guess you win.

Listen to the pronunciation on m-w.com and tell me it's one syllable. That's for the word squirrel, but I don't think adding letters uses less syllables.

 

[bizwiz]

Cool trivia

 

[iulianh]

I don`t understand that words )