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Glossary on
                  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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