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TIL of Alice Nutter, an English woman who was hanged after a 9 year old accused her of being a witch

by whatilearned September 3, 2022, 4:39 pm

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Pardon me for my poor English copypasta

by CopyPastaArchive September 2, 2022, 10:00 pm

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What’s the most versatile word in the English language?

by QuestionGuy September 1, 2022, 1:01 am

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TIL The reason English has so many French words is, because Vikings.

by whatilearned August 31, 2022, 5:48 pm

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TIL a minority of the world’s languages are “ergative”—the object of a transitive verb & the subject of an intransitive verb are treated the same. For example: whereas in English we’d say “SHE likes HER” & “SHE walks”; in Basque (spoken in N. Spain/SW France), it’d be “SHE likes HER” but “HER walks”

by whatilearned August 29, 2022, 9:42 am

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TIL that the way Jamaican’s speak is their native language. My entire life I thought Jamaicans had accents because it was their second language. Like how someone whose first language is Spanish, German, etc. and they speak English with an accent. I had no idea that is their actual language.

by whatilearned August 28, 2022, 4:31 pm

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TIL English Merchant Ships used to carry limes to ward off scurvy, which led to other sailors calling these men Limeys.

by whatilearned August 22, 2022, 11:11 pm

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TIL ‘metathesis’ is the term used to describe the transposition of sounds or syllables in a word or words in a (spoken or written) sentence. Examples in English are ‘nucular’ for ‘nuclear’ and ‘perscription’ for ‘prescription’.

by whatilearned August 21, 2022, 2:26 am

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How far back in time could you go and still be understood (and understand others) if you only speak modern day English?

by QuestionGuy August 17, 2022, 11:35 am

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TIL that there is no scientific difference between doves and pigeons. In English, the smaller birds are usually called “doves” and the larger ones “pigeons”. However, there is not consistent distinction.

by whatilearned August 16, 2022, 10:48 pm

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TIL that the French refer to the English Channel as “La Manche” which translates to “The Sleeve”

by whatilearned August 16, 2022, 6:42 pm

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TIL Phil Collins recorded 5 songs in 5 languages (English, 2 Spanish dialectics, French, German, and Italian) for the Tarzan movie (1999)

by whatilearned August 16, 2022, 6:49 am

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