17 Fakta Unik Tentang Bahasa Inggris

1. Huruf yang paling sering dipakai dalam bahasa Inggris adalah huruf 'e'.
2. Huruf konsonan yang paling sering dipakai dalam bahasa Inggris adalah huruf 't'.
3. Ternyata, huruf yang paling sedikit digunakan dalam bahasa Inggris adalah 'q' bukan 'x' atau 'z'.
4.  Lima huruf yang paling sering muncul sebagai huruf pertama dalam kata bahasa Inggris secara berurutan adalah 't', 'o', 'a', 'w', dan 'b'.
5. Hampir 50% kata berbahasa Inggris diakhiri oleh huruf 'e', 't', 'd', dan 's'.
6. 'Stewardesses' adalah kata terpanjang yang diketik pada keyboard hanya dengan menggunakan tangan kiri.
7. 'Lollipop' adalah kata terpanjang yang dapat diketik pada keyboard hanya dengan menggunakan tangan kanan.
8. 'Typewriter' adalah kata terpanjang yang dapat diketik menggunakan huruf-huruf yang terdapat pada suatu baris tombol keyboard (baris QWERTY).
9. 'The' adalah kata yang paling sering digunakan dalam bahasa Inggris.
10. Tidak ada kata dalam bahasa Inggris yang bersajak/berirama dengan 'month', 'orange', 'silver', 'purple', 'angst', and 'scalp'.
11. 'Dreamt' adalah satu-satunya kata dalam bahasa Inggris yang berakhir dengan huruf 'mt'.
12. Kata 'racecar', 'kayak', dan 'level' dapat dibaca bolak-balik dari kiri ke kanan ataupun dari kanan ke kiri.
13. Hanya ada empat kata dalam bahasa Inggris yang berakhir dengan suku kata 'dous', yaitu: 'tremendous', 'horrendous', 'stupendous', dan 'hazardous'.
14. Ada dua kata dalam bahasa Inggris yang menggunakan kelima huruf hidup secara berurutan (a, e, i, o, u), yaitu: 'abstemious' dan 'facetious'.
15. 'Uncopyrightable' merupakan kata terpanjang dalam bahasa Inggris yang terdiri atas 15 huruf berbeda.
16. Kalimat 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.' merupakan kalimat yang menggunakan semua huruf yang ada dalam abjad.
17. 'Jack' merupakan nama yang paling banyak digunakan di negara Inggris.

Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me

You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she's upset
She's going off about something that you said
'Cause she doesn't get your humor like I do

I'm in the room, it's a typical Tuesday night
I'm listening to the kind of music she doesn't like
And she'll never know your story like I do

But she wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts
She's Cheer Captain and I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time

If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along, so why can't you see?
You, you belong with me, you belong with me

Walking the streets with you and your worn-out jeans
I can't help thinking this is how it ought to be
Laughing on a park bench, thinking to myself
Hey, isn't this easy?

And you've got a smile that could light up this whole town
I haven't seen it in a while since she brought you down
You say you're fine, I know you better than that
Hey, what ya doing with a girl like that?

She wears high heels, I wear sneakers
She's Cheer Captain and I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time

If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along, so why can't you see?
You belong with me

Standing by and waiting at your back door
All this time how could you not know?
Baby, you belong with me, you belong with me

Oh, I remember you driving to my house in the middle of the night
I'm the one who makes you laugh when you know you're 'bout to cry
And I know your favorite songs and you tell me 'bout your dreams
Think I know where you belong, think I know it's with me

Can't you see that I'm the one who understands you?
Been here all along, so why can't you see?
You belong with me

Standing by and waiting at your back door
All this time, how could you not know?
Baby, you belong with me, you belong with me

You belong with me
Have you ever thought just maybe
You belong with me?
You belong with me

Taylor Swift - SPEAK NOW

I am not the kind of girl

Who should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasion

But you are not the kind of boy

Who should be marrying the wrong girl

I sneak in and see your friends

And her snotty little family all dressed in pastel

And she is yelling at a bridesmaid

Somewhere back inside a room

Wearing a gown shaped like a pastry

This is surely not what you thought it would be

I lose myself in a daydream

Where I stand and say

[Chorus:]

Don’t say “Yes”, run away now

I’ll meet you when you’re out of the church at the back door

Don’t wait or say a single vow

You need to hear me out

And they said, “Speak now”

Fond gestures are exchanged

And the organ starts to play

A song that sounds like a death march

And I am hiding in the curtains

It seems I was uninvited by your lovely bride to be

She floats down the aisle like a pageant queen

But I know you wish it was me,

You wish it was me

Don’t you?

[Chorus]

Don’t say “Yes”, run away now

I’ll meet you when you’re out of the church at the back door

Don’t wait or say a single vow

Your time is running out

And they said, “Speak now”

Ooh, la la

Ooh, ooh

I hear the preacher say, “Speak now or forever hold your peace”

There’s the silence, there’s my last chance

I stand up with shaky hands, all eyes on me

Horrified looks from everyone in the room

But I’m only looking at you

I am not the kind of girl

Who should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasion

But you are not the kind of boy

Who should be marrying the wrong girl

[Chorus]

And you’ll say “Let’s run away now,

I’ll meet you when I’m out of my tux at the back door”

Baby, I didn’t say my vows

So glad you were around

When they said, “Speak now”