Some amazing facts

Some amazing facts.
# The shortest complete sentence in
the English language consists of only
one word and that is "Go".
# The oldest word in the English
language is "Town".
# In England, till 1880s using the
word "pants" was considered
indecent.
# The word "goodbye" came from
"God bye", which in turn comes
from "God be with you". The phrase
"so long" came from the Arabic
word "salaam" and also from the
Hebrew word "shalom".
# According to the Oxford English
Dictionary, the longest word in the
English language is
"pneumonoultram icroscopicsilic ­
ovolcanokoniosi s". The only other
word with so many letters is its
plural, "pneumonoultram ­
icroscopicsilic ovolcanokonioses".
# The word with most number
ofdefinitions in the English language
is "set".
# There is a seven-letter word in
the English language that contains
ten words without rearranging any
of its letters, and that seven-letter
word is, "therein", which contains:
the, there, he, in, rein, her, here,
ere, therein, herein.
# 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."
# There are six words in the English
language which have the letter
combination 'uu'. They are
"muumuu", which means a long
loose-fitting dress, "vacuum",
"continuum", "duumvirate", which is
an alliance between two equally
powerful political or military
leaders, "duumvir", which is a rule
by two people and "residuum",
which means remainder.
# There are only four words in the
English language which end in "-
dous". They are: tremendous,
horrendous, stupendous, and
hazardous.
# There are three words in the
English language that end in "-ceed":
proceed, exceed, and succeed. The
only two meaningful words that end
in "-gry" in the English language are:
"angry" and"hungry".
# There are no words that could
rhyme with the words, orange.