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Happy English Language Day 2024: Today, April 23, people from all across the globe are celebrating this special day: English Language Day. This day honours the value of the English language as a medium for cross-cultural dialogue and communication. Additionally, it commemorates one of the most important authors of English literature, William Shakespeare, as it coincides with his birth and death anniversary. English Language Day celebrates multilingualism and draws attention to how English facilitates communication among people from different backgrounds worldwide.

English serves as a bridge between individuals of diverse cultural backgrounds, promoting communication, diplomacy, and education. By celebrating English Language Day, we pay homage to the rich legacy of language and encourage its continuous advancement and utilization as a medium for global collaboration and interaction.

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10 Fun And Interesting Facts About English Language

In 1755, the first dictionary was printed.

Globally, English ranks as the third most spoken language.

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"Pneumonoultramicroscopic silicovolcanoconiosis" is one of the longest words in the English language, describing a lung disease not yet diagnosed by medical professionals.

"I am" stands as the shortest complete sentence in English.

A new word gets added to the dictionary every two hours, totaling 4000 new words each year.

Originally, the term "girl" referred specifically to a gender, but it was used to denote "children" or "any young person," irrespective of gender.

The letter "E" represents all of the English language.

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"Go!" represents one of the smallest complete phrases in the dictionary.

"I" and "you" are the two most frequently used terms in the English language.

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"Uncopyrightable" stands as the longest word that can be spelled without using any extra characters.