Capitalization is part of writing the proper script of a language. In general the first word of a sentence, and all proper nouns are supposed to be capitalized. Did you ever wonder how capitalization became part of languages? To solve this mystery, we need to analyze an old Roman script, called “uncial”. The Latin and [...]
English is a strange language. We say p-u-t = ‘put’, but c-u-t =”cut”. There is no apple or pine in pineapple. Similarly, the letter “w” of the English is pronounced double “u” but is made of double “v”s! “W” is the only letter of the alphabet which has a three-syllable name. When spoken out loud, [...]
“OK”, also spelled as “Okay” is a colloquial English word to generally denote approval or agreement (“OK, I’ll do that”). Depending on the usage and tone of the spoken sentence, it can also mean mediocre (“It was just OK”). But did you ever wonder where it originated or how it became part of the English [...]
In English, we say Hello! But did you ever wonder how to say hello in Hawaiian or Italian? There are thousands of languages and dialects being spoken all over the world – and I am sure most, if not all, of them have a word of greeting. Here are some ways of saying ‘Hello!’ in [...]
Did you ever wonder what the longest word in the English language is? Have you ever heard the word Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis? The word is the name of a lung disease, caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust which causes inflammation of the lungs. The word Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is present in the Oxford English Dictionary, and [...]
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