English Language Trivia For The Trivia Minded

The vagaries of the English language and other strange things.

Bored and have some time on your hands? Might want to consider the following, all of which are really of little importance.

If poison passes its expiration date, is it more poisonous or is it no longer poisonous?

Which letter is silent in the word “Scent,” the S or the C?

Do twins ever realize that at least one of them is unplanned?

Why is the letter W, in English, called double U? Shouldn’t it be called double V?

Maybe oxygen is slowly killing you and it just takes 75–100 years to fully work.

Every time you clean something, you just make something else dirty.

The word “swims” upside-down is still “swims”

At a movie theater, which armrest is yours?

Why is the word for fear of long words, the longest word? hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

Why is there a ‘D’ in the word fridge, but not in the word refrigerator?

Who knew what the time was when the first clock was made?

100 years ago everyone owned a horse and only the rich had cars. Today everyone has cars and only the rich own horses.