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John Ayto
591 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781559701334
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Arcade Pub
Publication date: Not specified
Description
The average English speaker knows 50,000 words in contemporary use - 25 more words than there are stars in the night sky visible to the naked eye. Yet stripped down to its origins, this apparently huge vocabulary is in reality a much smaller numbe...
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John Ayto
591 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781559701334
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Arcade Pub
Publication date: Not specified
Description
The average English speaker knows 50,000 words in contemporary use - 25 more words than there are stars in the night sky visible to the naked eye. Yet stripped down to its origins, this apparently huge vocabulary is in reality a much smaller numbe...