Classic Classic Quiz Interesting facts by Tintin6 Tintin6 75 played - 7 yrs ago Interesting facts about the English language. QUIZ 7 QUESTIONS hard English 1 Because of errors there are, in some dictionaries, words that don't exist, for example : "irregardless". What are these words called? Shade wordsPhantom wordsGhost words 2 SWIMS will be SWIMS even when turned upside down. Such a word is called ... . AnagramAmbigramHistogram 3 They are meaningless verbal tics that you pronounce when you are looking for something to say. They are called ... . Crutch wordsStick wordsPole words 4 "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" is a ... i.e. a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet at least once. This one has been used to test typing equipment since at least the late 1800s. PicogramLogogramPangram 5 The most difficult ... in the English language is “The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep's sick”. Mind twisterTongue twisterFire twister 6 A new word is added to the dictionary every two ... . HoursDaysWeeks 7 A (an) ... was a medieval unit of time. The movement of a shadow on a sundial covered 40 ... in a solar hour. Period / periodsInstant / instantsMoment / moments A mistake in this Quiz ? Contact the author Commentaires