11 facts about English You Didn't Know

In this first post of Hello English blog, I will share you eleven facts about English that maybe you didn't know before. We know that English is Universal language in the world. As you know, our life can apart from English. We can avoid English, because everywhere, we will meet them, in board, television, newspaper, until our food and tools. But, only some of you that know about these facts. Are you curious to know about it? let we start

#1.1 billion people speak English. That's 1 in every 7 on earth

#2.80% of information stored on all computers in the world is in English

#3.English words "I", "we", "two" and "three" are among the most ancient, from thousands of years.

#4.The longestcommon English word without vowels is "rhythms".

#5. A new word in English is created every 98 minutes.

#6.89% of people in Sweden speak English

#7. The word "bride" comes from an old proto-germanic word meaning "to cook".

#8.The word "queue" is pronounced the same way when the last 4 letters are removed.

#9. The word "mortgage" comes from a French word that means "death contract"

#10.The concept behind the word "cool" might come from the African word "itutu", brought to America by slavery.

#11. 90% of everything written in English uses just 1,000 words.

Well, now you know about 11 facts about English. This fact is not from writer research. But just for sharing. The writer get it from FactSlide. If you want to know more fact, visit them. Thanks for reading, and keep speak English.