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The longest word in the world is the English word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters).
The most famous English novelist Charles Dickens always slept and wrote facing north. He was convinced that because of that his works were so successful.
English novelist Virginia Woolf wrote all her books standing.
The German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe could not stand the dogs barking and could only write when there was a rotting apple in his drawer.
The most expensive book in the world "The Task", which has only thirteen pages costs 153 million. euros! According to the author Tomaso Alexander Hartmann, in it lies in the answers to the essential human issues such as: what is the most important task in life, what is the purport of life, ect.
In one of the books of Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables" there is a sentence which consists of 823 words!

Sign language - is visually perceived language transmitted by hand gestures, for which facial expression and space is very important. Sign language was created in order to overcome the silence barrier with the deaf.
Acording to scientists people communicating in sign language can transmit much more information than communicating verbally. Gestures are quite difficult to control, our body and hand can't lie or hide feelings from the person we are talking to.
American Sign Language is the third most widely used language in the United States.

About one-third of the basic English words are derived from French.
The French use very interesting expressions. For example, we are talking face-to- face, and they - head to the head; when we like the food, we say good cooking, and they say - good plates.
In the Middle Ages thr Frech language ws the language of communication, the language of aristocracy and the educated people.

Spanish is one of the most sonorous languages and is quite easy to learn, because the words are pronounced the same way as they are written.
Spanish language can be described as an Internet language, as it is the third most used language there.
The meaning of Spain is "land of rabbits."

In Japanese, there are four ways to address a person: kun, chan, san and sama. Kun - is a polite form, chan - is used when speking with a family member or other relatives, san is universal and sama is used when addressing with respect.
Despite the complexity of Japanese, Japan can be proud as the adult literacy rate there is 99%.
Japanese conversational vocabulary may vary due to the sex of the speaker. Men and women use different terminology.

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