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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: vocabulary size #2354 06/27/00 08:31 AM Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2 Switzerland A andwild stranger andwild stranger A Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2 Switzerland I think that one also has to differ between an active and passive vocabulary, i.e. between word that one would use and words one only understands. Therefore, your estimate of 4327 words might be quite good for an active vocabulary, at least for some people. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted vocabulary size tsuwm 05/14/00 05:42 PM Re: vocabulary size jmh 05/14/00 06:05 PM Re: vocabulary size David108 05/14/00 06:28 PM Re: vocabulary size tsuwm 05/14/00 06:32 PM Re: vocabulary size wsieber 05/15/00 11:52 AM Re: vocabulary size emanuela 05/15/00 12:29 PM Re: vocabulary size tsuwm 05/15/00 03:08 PM Re: vocabulary size Jackie 05/16/00 01:02 PM Re: vocabulary size AnnaStrophic 05/16/00 04:21 PM Re: vocabulary size tsuwm 05/16/00 05:02 PM Re: vocabulary size AnnaStrophic 05/18/00 02:29 AM Re: PIDOMA tsuwm 05/18/00 02:43 AM Re: PIDOMA jmh 05/18/00 06:00 AM Re: PIDOMA Rubrick 05/22/00 10:07 PM Re: PIDOMA Jackie 05/18/00 12:14 PM Re: PIDOMA David108 05/18/00 06:37 PM Re: vocabulary size Verbist 06/23/00 06:40 PM Re: vocabulary size ammelah 06/23/00 07:03 PM Re: vocabulary size Verbist 06/24/00 12:27 AM Re: vocabulary size Bingley 06/24/00 04:38 AM Re: vocabulary size Jackie 06/24/00 03:54 PM Re: vocabulary size wsieber 06/26/00 07:36 AM Re: vocabulary size Jackie 06/26/00 11:43 AM Re: vocabulary size jmh 06/26/00 07:36 PM Re: vocabulary size wsieber 06/27/00 04:42 AM Re: vocabulary jmh 06/27/00 07:19 AM Re: vocabulary tsuwm 06/27/00 01:49 PM Re: vocabulary Jackie 06/27/00 04:25 PM Re: vocabulary size tsuwm 06/29/00 08:14 PM Re: vocabulary size jmh 06/29/00 09:25 PM Re: vocabulary size Jackie 06/30/00 11:29 AM Re: vocabulary size Bridget 06/30/00 10:50 PM Re: vocabulary size Jackie 06/27/00 10:54 AM Re: vocabulary size juanmaria 05/17/00 07:27 AM Re: vocabulary size shanks 05/17/00 07:49 AM Re: vocabulary size Bingley 05/18/00 12:01 AM Re: vocabulary size juanmaria 05/21/00 06:52 PM Re: vocabulary size David108 06/18/00 07:38 PM Re: vocabulary size andwild 06/27/00 08:31 AM Re: vocabulary size Jackie 06/27/00 11:03 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,334 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 799 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,543 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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