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		olegp on July 17, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Estimate your English vocabulary size "The Second Edition of the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary contains full entries for 171,476 words in current use"

kragen on July 18, 2011 [–]

It's interesting and humbling to contemplate that I know only about 20% of the words in my native language.

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