There are 24 different dialects of English in the US.90% of English text consists of just 1000 words.Englishis the official language of 67 countries.Words that are used to fill in time when speaking, such as “like” or “basically”, are called crutch words (and should best be avoided!).Over 80% of the information stored on computers worldwide is in English.The English language contains a lot of contronyms – words that can have contradictory meanings depending on context.Month, orange, silver, and purple do not rhyme with any other word.The word “set” has the highest number of definitions.The most common adjective used in English is “good”.These organisations are responsible for controlling the evolution of their respective language in terms of usage, vocabulary, and grammar. It is the only major language that doesn’t have any organisation guiding it – as opposed to the French Académie française, the Spanish Real Academia Española and the German Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung.
The phrase “long time no see” is believed to be a literal translation of a Native American or Chinese phrase as it is not grammatically correct.English actually originates from what is now called north west Germany and the Netherlands.