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Terretta on July 17, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Estimate your English vocabulary size

I only checked words that I can use in a sentence: left one blank on the first set, a handful blank on the second set.

42,500 (http://testyourvocab.com/?r=37216)

Apparently the OED has 7 times more words I don't know. That's offal...

schleyfox on July 17, 2011 [–]

"You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think." -- Dorothy Parker

angus77 on July 17, 2011 | [–]

That was one of Dave Sim's favourite lines. I think he thinks he made it up himself, though.

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