Vocab size of non-native english speakers by country

http://testyourvocab.com/blog/2011-09-10-Results-by-country.php Somewhat surprising Denmark and Norway (difference perhaps not statistically significant) are at the top. I was expecting to see France because most english words have french or latin (both…

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The French languaj

Wikipedia pajes of interest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_orthography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reforms_of_French_orthography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Peletier_du_Mans <-- he is a prety kool guy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligature_%28typography%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigesimal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_stop#Mathematical_usage wich system is the best? I tend to kopy the US/EN system…

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Danish (and other languajes with the definit article as a sufix) and abreviations

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_%28grammar%29 I noticed one thing today wile reeding Wikipedia articles (a hoby of mine that consumes a surprisingly larj amount of time). Supose one wanted to abreviate “konsentration” (equiv. of…

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