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Re:Behemoth, bully, thief: how the English language is takin... by kaybe on Friday July 27, 2018 @09:08PM (#17630855)
Hm, that was supposed to be the total count, not for single speakers.

Checking for myself my information seems to have been wrong. As we say here, I take everything back and claim the opposite.. That will teach me not to check my facts I hope.

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Re:Behemoth, bully, thief: how the English language is takin... by rwnspace on Saturday July 28, 2018 @03:51AM (#17632127)
Hm, I also seem to remember that German has a thinner dictionary. I suspect that lemmas in German are difficult to count, as there are so many compound words. Apart from the joy of teasing fellow Britons for their stupidity, I don't see why an average German adult should recognise 40% more lemmas when the languages are so related.
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