1. The most common letter in English is "e".
    
2. The most common vowel in English is "e", followed by "a".
    
3. The most common consonant in English is "r", followed by "t".
    
4. Every syllable in English must have a vowel (sound). Not all syllables have consonants. 
    
5. Only two English words in current use end in "-gry". They are "angry" and "hungry".
    

Here are 107 words specific to certain regions such as Indiana's "pitch-in dinner", England's "loo", and Ireland's "to rabbit on." Video by: Mental Floss on Youtube

Ahhh the joys of Monday morning. For many of us it means a combination of waking up early, commuting to work, taking that first coffee of the day, meeting with our boss, switching on the PC, and start working. Anyway, did you know that there are several idioms and expressions using the word "Monday"? Here are the following:

Often you come across words that are paired together but maybe completely contradictory in meaning such as awfully good,  pretty ugly, random order, small crowd etc. These word pairs are known as oxymoron.

An oxymoron is a figure of speech that uses contradictory terms in conjunction, which means two words that ironically contradict each other.  Learn more about oxymorons by checking out some of these funny examples.