BALTIMORE, USA – I called home Saturday and my nephew picked up the phone.
After catching up on the latest super hero movies, he told me about a cabin he had just discovered in the woods.
“But it was destroyed,” he said.
“Yeah I know,” I said. “Some hoodlums wrecked it before you were born.”
“What’s a hoodlum?” he asked.
Oh yeah, I thought. He’s only 11. His vocab size is probably about 12,000 words, while mine is around 30,000.
How do I know these fun facts?
I got them from the site testyourvocabulary.com
The site also says that the average vocabulary size of non-native speakers is 4,500.
And what about you?
How many English words do you know?
You can get the answer in a few minutes.
Go to the site, take their free test, and you’ll soon have your number.
Then when you know your number, will you do me a favor and send it to me? You don’t even have to write anything. Just copy, paste and send.
I’m interested in how many words my readers know. (and if enough of you write me, I’ll average the numbers and share them)
Then tomorrow I’ll tell you how increasing your number is easier than you thought.
Here’s that link again: http://testyourvocab.com
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