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5. Surprisingly, there was no word for “she” female
in the English language before the year page 85
1000. The word “heo” was the plural of all
genders and was also the singular female pronoun.
In the 12th century, about 400 years after English
was established as an accepted language,the word
"she" appeared, probably derived from the Viking
word to refer to a female, “seo”.
6. There was a 50% drop in the literary use of the
word “impossible” during the 20th century.
7. The Guinness Book of Records lists “The sixth
sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” as the most difficult
tongue twister in the world.
8. “Like” is an interesting word. It can be used
as a noun, preposition,particle,verb, adverb,
adjective,hedge, conjunction, and interjection.
sheik (n.):
jeque
seo
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