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How many words do you know?

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Copper

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I guess you could check every word, they don't seem to verify. Maybe they have some non-words on the list and you get a penalty if you check them.

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@klaus said in How many words do you know?:

While you are at it, test your German vocabulary, too!
I got 46000.

Hardly an accomplishment. You guys make up words on the fly.

Actually, no. We simply sometimes omit space characters were you'd use one.
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@klaus said in How many words do you know?:

Actually, no. We simply sometimes omit space characters were you'd use one

True.

Running words together to create new ones is so much more clear than separating them.
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The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@klaus said in How many words do you know?:

Actually, no. We simply sometimes omit space characters were you'd use one

True.

Running words together to create new ones is so much more clear than separating them.
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@george-k said in How many words do you know?:

Running words together to create new ones

Kenning.
Please love yourself.
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@george-k said in How many words do you know?:

Running words together to create new ones

Kenning.
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@aqua-letifer said in How many words do you know?:

@george-k said in How many words do you know?:

Running words together to create new ones

Kenning.

Fucking literature guy.
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The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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46,400
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

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German = 5500
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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While you are at it, test your German vocabulary, too!
I got 46000.
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@klaus said in How many words do you know?:

While you are at it, test your German vocabulary, too!

5.000, but I'm not sure I answered the qualifying questions correctly.
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Aqua Letifer

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I know the best ones.
Please love yourself.
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German = 5500
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@jolly said in How many words do you know?:

German = 5500

Wow, how come?
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@george-k said in How many words do you know?:

Running words together to create new ones

Kenning.
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Klaus

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@aqua-letifer said in How many words do you know?:

@george-k said in How many words do you know?:

Running words together to create new ones

Kenning.

What is the recommended kerning for a kenning?
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@jolly said in How many words do you know?:

German = 5500

Wow, how come?
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@klaus said in How many words do you know?:

@jolly said in How many words do you know?:

German = 5500

Wow, how come?
1. I know a few. Very few.
2. A lot of English words and scientific terms have German roots.
3. I guess pretty well.
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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Which brings up another point...I need to get off my butt and get busy...I have an intro German course set sitting on the shelf.
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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Which brings up another point...I need to get off my butt and get busy...I have an intro German course set sitting on the shelf.
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@jolly said in How many words do you know?:

Which brings up another point...I need to get off my butt and get busy...I have an intro German course set sitting on the shelf.

Let me be your teacher! <insert evil laughter here>
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@aqua-letifer said in How many words do you know?:

@george-k said in How many words do you know?:

Running words together to create new ones

Kenning.

What is the recommended kerning for a kenning?
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Aqua Letifer

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@klaus said in How many words do you know?:

@aqua-letifer said in How many words do you know?:

@george-k said in How many words do you know?:

Running words together to create new ones

Kenning.

What is the recommended kerning for a kenning?

Standard kerning per the font family you're working with.
Please love yourself.
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K Klaus

@jolly said in How many words do you know?:

Which brings up another point...I need to get off my butt and get busy...I have an intro German course set sitting on the shelf.

Let me be your teacher! <insert evil laughter here>
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@klaus said in How many words do you know?:

@jolly said in How many words do you know?:

Which brings up another point...I need to get off my butt and get busy...I have an intro German course set sitting on the shelf.

Let me be your teacher! <insert evil laughter here>

Well, let's start with the curse words...
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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