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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: vocabulary size #2348 06/24/2000 3:54 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Here's another spanner in the works: in counting someone's vocabulary, how many languages do you allow ? Do you allow extremely well-known words (e.g., pro bono, c'est la vie) from another language? And what if the person speaks several languages? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted vocabulary size tsuwm 05/14/2000 5:42 PM Re: vocabulary size jmh 05/14/2000 6:05 PM Re: vocabulary size David108 05/14/2000 6:28 PM Re: vocabulary size tsuwm 05/14/2000 6:32 PM Re: vocabulary size wsieber 05/15/2000 11:52 AM Re: vocabulary size emanuela 05/15/2000 12:29 PM Re: vocabulary size tsuwm 05/15/2000 3:08 PM Re: vocabulary size Jackie 05/16/2000 1:02 PM Re: vocabulary size AnnaStrophic 05/16/2000 4:21 PM Re: vocabulary size tsuwm 05/16/2000 5:02 PM Re: vocabulary size AnnaStrophic 05/18/2000 2:29 AM Re: PIDOMA tsuwm 05/18/2000 2:43 AM Re: PIDOMA jmh 05/18/2000 6:00 AM Re: PIDOMA Rubrick 05/22/2000 10:07 PM Re: PIDOMA Jackie 05/18/2000 12:14 PM Re: PIDOMA David108 05/18/2000 6:37 PM Re: vocabulary size Verbist 06/23/2000 6:40 PM Re: vocabulary size ammelah 06/23/2000 7:03 PM Re: vocabulary size Verbist 06/24/2000 12:27 AM Re: vocabulary size Bingley 06/24/2000 4:38 AM Re: vocabulary size Jackie 06/24/2000 3:54 PM Re: vocabulary size wsieber 06/26/2000 7:36 AM Re: vocabulary size Jackie 06/26/2000 11:43 AM Re: vocabulary size jmh 06/26/2000 7:36 PM Re: vocabulary size wsieber 06/27/2000 4:42 AM Re: vocabulary jmh 06/27/2000 7:19 AM Re: vocabulary tsuwm 06/27/2000 1:49 PM Re: vocabulary Jackie 06/27/2000 4:25 PM Re: vocabulary size tsuwm 06/29/2000 8:14 PM Re: vocabulary size jmh 06/29/2000 9:25 PM Re: vocabulary size Jackie 06/30/2000 11:29 AM Re: vocabulary size Bridget 06/30/2000 10:50 PM Re: vocabulary size Jackie 06/27/2000 10:54 AM Re: vocabulary size juanmaria 05/17/2000 7:27 AM Re: vocabulary size shanks 05/17/2000 7:49 AM Re: vocabulary size Bingley 05/18/2000 12:01 AM Re: vocabulary size juanmaria 05/21/2000 6:52 PM Re: vocabulary size David108 06/18/2000 7:38 PM Re: vocabulary size andwild 06/27/2000 8:31 AM Re: vocabulary size Jackie 06/27/2000 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 Topics13,916 Posts230,382 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,208 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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