2006-09-05 09:38:09 · 4 answers · asked by queerovision 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I like this question. There are several different ways of looking at this question, but I'm going to answer it literally. Since you asked in English, I will answer with regards to English speakers, as different languages have different varieties of words, manners of speaking, etc etc etc. Also, I am going to look at individual words and ignore redundancies. For instance, if my first word was "Momma," then "Momma" is counted once and every time I said "Momma" thereafter is not counted.
There are approximately 988,968 words in the English Language. I would GUESS that the average person uses about half (many of them repeatedly) which is, then, about 494,484 words.
As a bonus (from my linguistics geek days in grammar school)... "Zyzzyva" is a word and is worth a bunch of points in Scrabble. :) Plus, I bet it's use puts me at least at 494,485.
2006-09-05 09:54:01 · answer #1 · answered by barelyliterate 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boys, 7,438,355
Girls, 10,768,312
2006-09-06 08:44:14 · answer #2 · answered by Bill 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
648,294 (on average)
2006-09-05 10:16:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
millions?
2006-09-05 10:03:32 · answer #4 · answered by realstyles2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋