+321 It's highly saddening that the English language contains roughly 1 million words, but the average vocabulary is only about 20,000, amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Have you looked at some of these words? So many would never be useful in conversation.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yeah, I was going to say that same thing as the above poster. A lot of them are probably technical words. My favorite niche word: defenestration. The act of throwing someone out of a window. :P

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That could be used in many conversations!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yeah, most languages are like that.

by Anonymous 13 years ago