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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 @ 8:56 PM
Unusual Interesting Facts 1. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." 2. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt" 3. Almonds are members of the peach family. 4. The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe. 5. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle. 6. Ingrown toenails are hereditary. 7. The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language. 8. "Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und." 9. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. 10. The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. 11. The only other word with the same amount of letters is its plural: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses. 12. The longest place-name still in use is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukup okaiwe-nuakit natahu, a New Zealand hill. 13. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reinade los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size,L.A. 14. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. 15. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. 16. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery. 17. Telly Savalas and Louis Armstrong died on their birthdays. 18. Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy. 19. The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers. 21. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit. 22. There is a seven-letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the,there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein. 23. Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors. 24. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. 25. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. 26. Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball. 27. The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti 28. 'Stewardesses' is the longest English word that is typed with only the left hand. 29. The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways; the following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed." 30. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable. 31. Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning "containing arsenic." 32. Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian seal for that reason.33. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten. 34. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead." 35. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases. Monday, September 7, 2009 @ 6:02 PM
Carnival & tchers' day photos       Carnival day pictures:) Chanel Sunday, September 6, 2009 @ 10:12 PM
CHOO'S DANCE (EDITED) EFFIN' FUNNY!
EHo. @ 10:05 PM
MATHS REMEDIAL HELLO. Remember we've got maths remedial on wednesday 9/9/09, 10-12pm :). Oh and maybe i will drop back to normal na.. miss yall!! Chanel Friday, September 4, 2009 @ 10:00 PM
PEOPLE I RECKON 3CHARITY WON :]] WOOO WE ROCK YEA :]] TAKE CARE YEA - TO THOSE WHO RAN. AND WHEN I SAY THAT, I MEANT PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY RAN FOR LIKE MORE THAN 6 ROUNDS. Y'all know what I mean ^^ GREAT JOB TO THE TORCH. REALLY. GREAT. TOO GREAT. ASIAH, CHANEL, CHARLENE, SAMANTHA, HUILIN, LOVENIA, FELICIA, ALVINA, SHALINI K., VANESSA, SIEWMUN, UVAASREE, THARUSHINI, MICHELLE, ISABELLE - Y'ALL ROCK :]] (NOT ACCORDING TO RANKINGS) EHo. Tuesday, September 1, 2009 @ 9:30 PM
3CHARITY ROCK LIKE HELL! :D  Yo 3c people! (: i have change into a daughter, not mother anymore. so eunice become my mother! HAHA, :D okay, i'm back to tell you all about the class outing for sept holidays. eh, go escape can? LOL ! please choose a day and time, & tell me in my blog or class blog. PLEASE! ): HAHA, better go okay?! cause later very little ppl go, damn boring one leh. cannot PANGSEH people one hor! YOU CAN CHOOSE EITHER TO GO ESCAPE OR WILD WILD WET? :D i give your choice, so please choose. the most votes for the places, gain benefit! so tell me ASAP kay? (: Thankyou, LOVES! PS: Those who never add my msn, add please. vanessayeosimin@hotmail.com you can tell me your choice on msn tooooo! HAHA. -VANESSAYEO |
