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One million English words

Discussion in 'Other Discussions' started by Salty, Jun 11, 2009.

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  1. Salty

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    #1 Salty, Jun 11, 2009
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    a million english words and I usually can't think one I most need. thats pitiful.
     
    #2 donnA, Jun 12, 2009
  3. Salty

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    I had something to respond, but I cant think of the right words:tongue3:
     
    #3 Salty, Jun 12, 2009
  4. Jim1999

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    The Canadian Oxford Dictionary committee takes four years to add or remove a word from that dictionary, which means about five words are added annually.

    The average person only uses a very small portion of any dictionary in their lifetime.

    Cheers,

    Jim
     
    #4 Jim1999, Jun 12, 2009
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    I have always thought of "web 2.0" as a word & a number. I also think its crazy that someone actually has stated that there are 1 million words in the English language. Who's keeping count? Is there someone that can list all 1 million words in the English language? Are these words, all different words or are some of them spelled the same, but have have different meanings? When you think about it, English (especially American English) is a confusing language. Don't get me wrong though, I'm okay with speaking it.
     
    #5 BigBossman, Jun 13, 2009
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    While 1M is only an estimate, whoever took the time to come up with that figure obviously had way too much time on their hands. :rolleyes:

    Ed
     
    #6 EdSutton, Jun 13, 2009
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    I don't know, Jim.

    I've been on several different Christian message boards for about 7 years. You've been at some of them with me......I mean, .......come on......

    ......you've seen the length of some of my posts! [​IMG]

    :type: (fastest fingers in the West!)
     
    #7 Scarlett O., Jun 13, 2009
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    Scarlett is not average,,,Scarlett is not average............:applause:

    I prefer KISS most of the time,,you know, keep it simple stupid!

    Oh, I type 90wpm, but with corrections that drops to abou 10 or fifteen.

    Cheers,

    Jim
     
    #8 Jim1999, Jun 14, 2009
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