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Message 1260545 - Posted: 15 Jul 2012, 4:22:26 UTC
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37,900 it says.

But some of the words on the last page I recognized but couldn't remember what they meant....

Amd then there are my frequent bouts of a... a... when you can't remember the word you want to use.....
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Message 1262454 - Posted: 20 Jul 2012, 8:15:29 UTC

When I started to forget M'ikMaq, I switched to KnickKnack.
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Message 1262456 - Posted: 20 Jul 2012, 8:32:13 UTC

Infinite.

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Message 1262637 - Posted: 20 Jul 2012, 17:36:48 UTC

I never really thought of how many words I know, there are so many...Maybe 50000 roughly counted. Most original question I must say.
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Message 1292750 - Posted: 8 Oct 2012, 9:11:08 UTC

Sorry is a word for getting people back...

Worry is a word for being got back...



Love is a word transcending...

Hate is a word sent...
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Message 1293022 - Posted: 9 Oct 2012, 1:24:46 UTC

what is the most spoken word said around the world? No trick question here
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Message 1293042 - Posted: 9 Oct 2012, 2:25:20 UTC

I cann't just type I, I think I is too short a word "I"
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Message 1293059 - Posted: 9 Oct 2012, 3:13:11 UTC - in response to Message 1196605.  
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37,500. However, I do believe it is completely missing technical dictionaries.


37,800. Agreed, though to a lawyer uxoricide may be a term of craft.

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Message 1293068 - Posted: 9 Oct 2012, 4:16:10 UTC - in response to Message 1293022.  

what is the most spoken word said around the world? No trick question here


Mama?
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Message 1293071 - Posted: 9 Oct 2012, 4:35:03 UTC

Nope not them
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Message 1293074 - Posted: 9 Oct 2012, 4:45:44 UTC - in response to Message 1293071.  

Nope not them


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Message 1293075 - Posted: 9 Oct 2012, 4:55:03 UTC - in response to Message 1293068.  
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what is the most spoken word said around the world? No trick question here


Mama?

Yes maybe. I just learned there are 7.000+ languages. Should we start a MOM or DAD around the world thread? I would love to learn.
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Message 1293078 - Posted: 9 Oct 2012, 4:57:38 UTC - in response to Message 1293075.  
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what is the most spoken word said around the world? No trick question here


Mama?

Yes maybe. I just learned there are 7.000+ languages. So how times can you say.... or ....


If it's not yes or I then it's got to be no. As in NO trick question?
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Message 1293084 - Posted: 9 Oct 2012, 5:14:25 UTC
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The no trick word is? OK
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Message 1293145 - Posted: 9 Oct 2012, 10:46:40 UTC

That's indeed a word the whole world uses.
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Message 1293456 - Posted: 10 Oct 2012, 13:14:20 UTC - in response to Message 1293145.  

Especially if you are, like 19, OK. Then, like, you totally use that word a lot, OK.

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Message 1293522 - Posted: 10 Oct 2012, 17:09:45 UTC

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Message 1293825 - Posted: 11 Oct 2012, 15:48:55 UTC
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Take should be a good word too. Or deliver me fast.
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Message 1293859 - Posted: 11 Oct 2012, 17:13:24 UTC

A word the whole world also uses is computer. Except the French, they use the word 'ordinateur'.
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Message 1294048 - Posted: 12 Oct 2012, 4:45:31 UTC - in response to Message 1293859.  
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but I think OK is a word when statement just made is to clarify what was said. And would be used alot
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