Classmate Facts # 42 - Heard of a 'Portmanteau'?

1. Men can read smaller print than women, women can hear better.

2. No word in the English language rhymes with Month, Orange, Silver or Purple.

3. The first novel ever written on a typewriter was 'Tom Sawyer'.

4. Hershey's kisses are called that because the machine that makes them look like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

5. The Amazon Rainforest produces half the world's oxygen supply.

6. When two words are combined to form a single word (e.g. Motor + Hotel = Motel, Breakfast + Lunch = Brunch) the new word is called a "Portmanteau".