There are seven ways to spell the sound ‘ee’ in English. This sentence contains all of them: ‘He believed Caesar could see people seizing the seas’.

Many English words have changed their meaning over time – for example, ‘awful’ used to mean ‘inspiring wonder’ and was a short version of ‘full of awe’, whereas ‘nice’ used to mean...

The oldest English word that is still in use is ‘town’.

The first English dictionary was written in 1755.

What is known as British accent came to use in and around London around the time of the American Revolution

The word ‘lol’ was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2011.

Month, orange, silver, and purple do not rhyme with any other word.

English actually originates from what is now called north west Germany and the Netherlands.

The phrase “long time no see” is believed to be a literal translation of a Native American or Chinese phrase as it is not grammatically correct.