I added another word to my vocabulary this morning. I love discovering new words as I do my daily crossword puzzles.

I’m not sure if I’ll use this one very much, but one never knows!

descry [dih-skrahy]
verb (used with object), de·scried, de·scry·ing

1. to see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully; discern; espy: The lookout descried land.
2. to discover; perceive; detect.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English descrien < Old French de ( s ) crïer to proclaim, decry.

I learned a new word from my crossword puzzle today. Ana is a noun that describes a collection of anecdotes about a person or place.

ana

A collection of various materials that reflect the character of a person or place: definitive ana of the early American West.

Often used as a suffix, as in Americana, Africana, and Victoriana.

English language did you knows

• Did you know the most commonly used letter in the alphabet is E
• Did you know the least used letter in the alphabet is Q
• Did you know dreamt is the only word that ends in mt
• Did you know the first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON
• Did you know there are only 4 words in the English language which end in ‘dous’ (they are: hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and tremendous)
• Did you know the oldest word in the English language is ‘town’
• Did you know ‘Bookkeeper’ and ‘bookkeeping’ are the only 2 words in the English language with three consecutive double letters
• Did you know the word ‘Strengths’ is the longest word in the English language with just one vowel
• Did you know the dot on top of the letter ‘i’ is called a tittle
• Did you know the past tense for the English word ‘dare’ is ‘durst’
• Did you know the word ‘testify’ derived from a time when men were required to swear on their testicles
• Did you know The first English dictionary was written in 1755
• Did you know the word old English word ‘juke’ meaning dancing lends its name to the juke box
• Did you know 1 out of every 8 letters written is an e
• Did you know the longest one syllable word in the English language is ‘screeched’
• Did you know all pilots on international flights identify themselves in English regardless of their country of origin
• Did you know the expression to ‘knuckle down’ originated from playing marbles (players used to put their knuckles to the ground for their best shots)
• Did you know the word ‘almost’ is the longest in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order
• Did you know the most commonly used word in English conversation is ‘I’