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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:31:47 PM EDT
I heard that on the radio today, and I have no idea if it's true, but they guy on the radio said that the average Brit has a vocabulary of 6000 words, while the average American has a vocabulary of 2000 words.
I know it's a day past Brit-bash Tuesday, but I have to ask my fellow Americans: ARE WE GOING TO LET THIS TRAVESTY STAND?  |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:32:12 PM EDT
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yeap
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:32:27 PM EDT
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yeah but you cant understand a damn thing they say with all the slang and shit
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:32:54 PM EDT
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Judging by some of the posts here, it's not surprising.
Chris |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:33:09 PM EDT
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Quoted: yeah but you cant understand a damn thing they say with all the slang and shit Very true. Same with the Aussies. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:33:19 PM EDT
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I'm going with that.
yeah but you cant understand a damn thing they say with all the slang and shit |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:33:29 PM EDT
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I heard that on the radio today, and I have no idea if it's true, but they guy on the radio said that the average Brit has a vocabulary of 6000 words, while the average American has a vocabulary of 2000 words. I know it's a day past Brit-bash Tuesday, but I have to ask my fellow Americans: ARE WE GOING TO LET THIS TRAVESTY STAND?
What do the big word meen? |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:33:51 PM EDT
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OBAMA PRESIDENT NAH
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:34:00 PM EDT
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They need to learn English
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:34:15 PM EDT
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And do they have to " Press One for English " there?
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:34:21 PM EDT
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British people talk like fags, and their shit's all retarded. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:34:54 PM EDT
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According to early childhood research, average children have a vocabulary by age ten well over 2000 words.
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:35:05 PM EDT
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4,000 words like chuffed, munted, dozywozy? I'll pass, mk thanks
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:35:12 PM EDT
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I prefer nods and grunts..seems to work, less efforts and everyone understands.
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:35:28 PM EDT
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Ever fucking heard a fucking Canadian talk? Half of our fucking vocabulary is the word ''fuck''
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:35:52 PM EDT
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2000 sounds awfully low. I'm skeptical.
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:36:24 PM EDT
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Quoted:
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I heard that on the radio today, and I have no idea if it's true, but they guy on the radio said that the average Brit has a vocabulary of 6000 words, while the average American has a vocabulary of 2000 words. I know it's a day past Brit-bash Tuesday, but I have to ask my fellow Americans: ARE WE GOING TO LET THIS TRAVESTY STAND?
What do the big word meen? travesty is why big words fall to the ground faster than small ones. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:36:33 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:36:45 PM EDT
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I have a vocabulary like a really big thing.
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:36:48 PM EDT
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God help us if the Brits want to improve our culinary confections... 
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:36:55 PM EDT
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That's because they add useless letters and call it a word.
Flavor + Flavour = BAM, 2 words. Plus they need fancy vocabulary to draw attention away from those fucked up teeth. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:37:00 PM EDT
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Yeah, well learnin is fer faggots.
M'erica! Fuck yeah! |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:37:09 PM EDT
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If you count the various urban slang and mixed spanish vocabulary we use in the U.S. I'd bet we know more words.
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:37:35 PM EDT
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I'm sure there are folks who are bringing the average way down.
I can't understand any of those 6,000 words if they're cockney. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:37:36 PM EDT
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There's something to be said for efficiency.
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:38:05 PM EDT
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British people talk like fags, and their shit's all retarded. gonna go with this |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:38:16 PM EDT
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My language skills are, ahh, you know, like, good and stuff.
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:38:18 PM EDT
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Quoted: I heard that on the radio today, and I have no idea if it's true, but they guy on the radio said that the average Brit has a vocabulary of 6000 words, while the average American has a vocabulary of 2000 words. I know it's a day past Brit-bash Tuesday, but I have to ask my fellow Americans: ARE WE GOING TO LET THIS TRAVESTY STAND? I have a prodigious lexicon, therefore I am doing my part to ameliorate this alleged deficiency. 
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:38:56 PM EDT
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I've heard that the British have over 40 different words for tea.
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:38:57 PM EDT
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There's something to be said for efficiency. Using the proper word in the proper context is the most efficient use of the language. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:38:59 PM EDT
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"What the fuckin'....who the fuck...how did you two fuckin' fucks? FUCK!"
"Well, that certainly illustrates the diversity of the word." |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:39:28 PM EDT
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Quoted: According to early childhood research, average children have a vocabulary by age ten well over 2000 words.  Are you doubting the facts I heard on the radio?  |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:40:11 PM EDT
[#32]
Well, when your country is bigger, your military is bigger, your dick is bigger, and your teeth are straight you don't need to chatter like Hugh Grant to get stuff done.
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:40:55 PM EDT
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2000 sounds awfully low. I'm skeptical. I just heard yesterday on the radio that the average kid enters school with a 5,000 word vocabulary. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:41:13 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: I heard that on the radio today, and I have no idea if it's true, but they guy on the radio said that the average Brit has a vocabulary of 6000 words, while the average American has a vocabulary of 2000 words. I know it's a day past Brit-bash Tuesday, but I have to ask my fellow Americans: ARE WE GOING TO LET THIS TRAVESTY STAND? I have a prodigious lexicon, therefore I am doing my part to ameliorate this alleged deficiency. RED COAT!!!!  |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:41:31 PM EDT
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Bloody Wankers!!
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:42:24 PM EDT
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Well, when your country is bigger, your military is bigger, your dick is bigger, and your teeth are straight you don't need to chatter like Hugh Grant to get stuff done. FUCK YEAH! |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:42:37 PM EDT
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M-O-O-N...that spells 2,000 words
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:43:15 PM EDT
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They call cigarettes fags for crying out loud.
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:43:31 PM EDT
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Quoted: M-O-O-N...that spells 2,000 words |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:43:32 PM EDT
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Quoted:
Quoted:
According to early childhood research, average children have a vocabulary by age ten well over 2000 words.
Are you doubting the facts I heard on the radio?
I am. 
The average American adult vocabulary is between 40,000 and 60,000 words depending on which linguist is doing the study. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:43:38 PM EDT
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Quoted: Are you doubting the facts I heard on the radio? Sigline material there. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:43:45 PM EDT
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Mah baby di'int do nuffin...
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:44:56 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I heard that on the radio today, and I have no idea if it's true, but they guy on the radio said that the average Brit has a vocabulary of 6000 words, while the average American has a vocabulary of 2000 words. I know it's a day past Brit-bash Tuesday, but I have to ask my fellow Americans: ARE WE GOING TO LET THIS TRAVESTY STAND? I have a prodigious lexicon, therefore I am doing my part to ameliorate this alleged deficiency. RED COAT!!!! http://jordanhoffman.com/wp-content/uploads/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-78.jpg I have at least one ancestor who is documented to have shot Red Coats, thank you very much.
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:45:03 PM EDT
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I am.
The average American adult vocabulary is between 40,000 and 60,000 words depending on which linguist is doing the study. So you're saying that the person on the radio was not a very cunning linguist. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:45:43 PM EDT
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I doubt it. I learned close to 1,000 Russian words in a span of four months, so a native speaker has to know a lot more than 2,000
Unless the average American is even dumber than I thought, which is entirely plausible. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:46:20 PM EDT
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I am.
The average American adult vocabulary is between 40,000 and 60,000 words depending on which linguist is doing the study. So you're saying that the person on the radio was not a very cunning linguist. Anything is possible.
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:46:38 PM EDT
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"glaser" is not a word. nor is "vitimins" (see bear grylls)
at least half the shit they say dosnt count, so were still ahead. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:46:46 PM EDT
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Brits probably still have an element of a classical education in their school system.
If you understand the basics of root words, your vocabulary magically expands. I'm talking Latin primarily but any familiarity with a foreign language will help your vocabulary. This is coming from a guy that never took a formal foreign language course but read a shit ton and knew how to use a (printed) dictionary. Truthfully, the best way to expand your vocabulary is to be literate and read voraciously and be able to operate a dictionary. I'm sure that that is a priority in American education, LOL. More proof of what we've let ourselves become is more like it... |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:46:48 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: I am. The average American adult vocabulary is between 40,000 and 60,000 words depending on which linguist is doing the study. So you're saying that the person on the radio was not a very cunning linguist. Don't listen to anything he says. He went to Penn State, so he's practically a Brit himself. I read that on the internet somewhere. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 4:47:18 PM EDT
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I have at least one ancestor who is documented to have shot Red Coats, thank you very much. I have ancestors that killed redcoats. And that scalped them. And that killed colonists. Apparently my ancestors didn't let wars and shit get in the way of their genitals. |
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