jargon scout

[Bob Fitzke]

Thought the group might be interested in the following because of the language
related items. I have no idea how many are true. Does anyone?

Bob

1. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is
> >  "screeched."
> >
> > 2. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."
> >
> > 3. Almonds are from the peach family.
> >
> > 4. The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe.
> >
> > 5. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
> >
> > 6. Ingrown toenails are hereditary.
> >
> > 7. The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the
> >  English language.
> >
> > 8. "Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins
> > and ends with the letters "und."
> >
> > 9. There are only four words in the English language which end in
> >  "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
> >
> > 10. The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford
> > English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
> >
> > 11.The only other word with the same amount of letters is
> > pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its  plural.
> >
> > 12. The longest place-name still in use is
> > Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaung
> > ahoronukupokaiwenuakitnatahu, a New Zealand hill.
> >
> > 13. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de
> > losAngeles de Porciuncula"and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its  size,
> > "L.A."
> >
> > 14. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
> >
> > 15. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
> >
> > 16. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when
> > he was sewn up after surgery.
> >
> > 17. Telly Savalas and Louis Armstrong died on their birthdays.
> >
> > 18. Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.
> >
> > 19. The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint -no two lions have the
> > same pattern of whiskers.
> >
> > 20. Steely Dan got their name from a sexual device depicted in the book
> >  'The Naked Lunch'.
> >
> > 21. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
> >
> > 22. The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II,
> > who fathered over 160 children.
> >
> > 23. There is a seven-letter word in the English language that contains
> > ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the
> > there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.
> >
> > 24. Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are
> > registered blood donors.
> >
> > 25. John Larroquette of "Night Court" and "The John Larroquette Show",
> > was the narrator of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre."
> >
> > 26. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
> >
> > 27. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
> >
> > 28. Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully
> > ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.
> >
> > 29. The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from
> > 1.8 miles away. (But does he CALL? NO-O-O-O-O-O...)
> >
> > 30. The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti.
> >
> > 31. 'Stewardesses' is the longest English word that is typed with only
> > the left hand.
> >
> > 32. To "testify" was based on men in the Roman  court swearing to a
> > statement made by swearing on their testicles.
> >
> > 33. The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways;
> > the following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced,
> > thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after
> > falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."
> >
> > 34. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a
> > letter is uncopyrightable.
> >
> > 35.Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct
> > order, as does arsenious, meaning "containing arsenic."
> >
> > 36. Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian
> > seal for that reason.
> >
> > 37. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about
> > ten.
> >
> > 38. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah
> > Mat," which means "the king is dead."
> >
> > 39. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of
> > yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on
> > the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
> >
> > 40. The first episode of "Joanie Loves Chachi" was the highest-rated
> > American program in the history of Korean television. "Chachi" is
> > Korean for "penis."