1) Alphabets
․The letters "A" B" "C" and "D" do not appear in the spelling of the numerals 1 thru 99.
․Letter "D" appears the first time in the spelling of 100.
․The letters "A" "B" and "C" do not appear in the spelling of 1 thru 999.
․The letter "A" appears for the first time in the number 1000.
․The letters "B" and "C" do not appear anywhere in the spelling of 1 thru 1,999,999.
․The letter "B" only appears for the first time in the spelling of 1,000,000
․and... just to end your day on a high note, the letter "C" does not appear anywhere in the spelling of English numerals.
2) If you can read this you have a strong mind:
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3) The English language. Did you know?
• Did you know the most commonly used letter in the alphabet is 'E.'
• Did you know the least used letter in the alphabet is 'Q.'
• Did you know skiing is the only word with double 'i.'
• Did you know dreamt is the only word that ends in 'mt.'
• Did you know the first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON (July, August, September, October, November).
• Did you know there are only 4 words in the English language which end in 'dous' (they are: hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and tremendous).
• Did you know the oldest word in the English language is 'town.'
• Did you know 'Bookkeeper' and 'bookkeeping' are the only 2 words in the English language with three consecutive double letters(連續三組雙字母).
• Did you know the word 'Strengths' is the longest word in the English language with just one vowel (含單響音最長英文字).
• Did you know the dot on top of the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
• Did you know the past tense for the English word 'dare' is 'durst.'
• Did you know the word 'testify' derived from a time when men were required to swear on their testicles (按着睪丸宣誓).
• Did you know The first English dictionary was written in 1755.
• Did you know the word old English word 'juke' meaning dancing lends its name to the Juke Box.
• Did you know 1 out of every 8 letters written is an 'e.'
• Did you know the longest one syllable word in the English language is 'screeched.'
• Did you know all pilots on international flights identify themselves in English regardless of their country of origin.
• Did you know the expression to 'knuckle down' (屈服；認輸) originated from playing marbles (players used to put their knuckles to the ground for their best shots).
• Did you know the word 'almost' is the longest in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order (最長的"順序字母"英文字).
• Did you know the most commonly used word in English conversation is 'I.'
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!
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感謝 Peter Yau 提供以上資料
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