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From: kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz (Paul J. Kriha)
Subject: Re: Vocabulary size in various languages
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In article <4ar3s0$hau@calweb.calweb.com>,
   Arturo Mantecon <mantecon@pop.calweb.com> wrote:
>Can someone tell me why the vocabulary size of any given language would 
>have any significance.  I have the sickening feeling that some have the 
>attitude that the amount of words in a language indicate some sort of 
>inferiority/superiority.  And why is it that virtually all who ask this 
>question are English speakers?
>--Arturo Mantecon
>

Perhaps it's because to ask such question one doesn't
need to know many words.    :-)

Paul JK
