10 curiosities that you did not know about English

English is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. But there are some curious facts that not everyone knows.

English is a beautiful language to learn, don't you think? It is also extremely interesting.

Here are 10 fascinating facts that I bet you didn't know.

1.- The dot on top of the i is called the title.

2.- The most used letter of the English alphabet is E and Q is the least used.

3.- The word GoodBye derives from the Old English word GodBye, which used to mean "God be with you."

4.- The word four (four in English) has four letters: in the English language there is no other number whose number of letters is equal to its value.

5.- English is the language of the air. All pilots must identify themselves and speak English while flying, regardless of their origin.

6.- The first English dictionary was written in 1755.

7.- There was no word for the color orange in English until about 450 years ago

8.- There is no word in the English language that rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.

9.- Due to a misprint, there was a word in the English dictionary from 1932 to 1940 that had no meaning. The word was "DORD" and became known as the "ghost word"

10.- There are many more words that are written in capital letters in English than in Spanish, so it is important to know them.

How many of them did you know?