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History of English
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Word of the Day
Potpourri
100

Phonetically /kæt/ is how you write the name of this common animal

cat

100

Historically, English originated in this country.

England

100

This English speaking country is located in the Southernmost part of Africa

South Africa 

100
You can use this to store your busts or small stautes.

plinth

100

This man is credited with creating more English words than any other single human.

Shakespeare

200

The word /mɪʃən/ is the first part of the title of a popular film series 

mission

200

The most famous English dictionary, published in 1787, was written solely by this man.

Samuel Johnson

200

This accent features prominently in Adolescence and is used by supporters of the football clubs Everton and Liverpool.

Scouse

200

This word, that appears early in the dictionary, describes a type of volcanic rock.

aa
200

The word whiskey is derived from Irish Gaelic, and means this.

water of life
300

/θɜroʊ/ is what you need to be to find Waldo in the popular children's book

thorough

300

The Norman conquest started in this year, which is also regarded as the division point between Old and Middle English.

1066

300

Name any of the other words for bread roll that can be found in the UK.

barm; bun; bap; muffin; cob; tea cake; batch

300

This word refers to the quality of the air after rain following a dry period.

petrichor

300

This word we came up with was meant to describe the feeling of tiredness in the middle of a school-day 

zlymi

400

A product that is helpful for cleaning, and is transcribed /ʃæmpu/ 

shampoo

400

The word costnunge in the OE version of the Lord's Prayer means this. 

temptation

400

The concentric circle model (inner, outer, expanding) is attributed to this man from Sri Lanka.

Braj Kachru

400

You don't want to be close to a person that is this, because you might get sprayed by saliva.

sialoquent

400

This person won the 1999 Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Nupur Lala

500

It might fun to travel to /ʤəmeɪkə/ for some sun.

Jamaica

500

This language is the one from which mango was adopted into Englih.

Portuguese

500

This consonant feature is common in southern Ireland and in several outer circle English speaking countries.

TH-stopping

500

If you really like Pokémon, but pretend to be disinterest, it may be described using this word.

accismus

500

This Welsh town has a name that is a bit of a tongue twister

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch