Thursday, January 16, 2020

In case you wondered …

… How Many Words Are There in the English Language? (Hat tip, Tim Davis.)
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  1. George8:22 PM

    As I recall, "diddle" appears in Moby Dick, but as a verb. One of Mencken's supplements to The American Language challenges low estimates for the number of words the average speaker knows.

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