[etni] Fwd: re: Shakespearean tale
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From: Barry Silverberg <barisil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [etni] Fwd: Shakespearean tale
Quoth who?
Look at the first 3000 words you need just to get 75% of a bagrut exam.
I thought 3000 is the bare minimum for a bagrut student, while a
'native speaker' with an academic background has closer to
30,000!
Methinks you missing a zero..\
Judy wrote:
> Apparently Shakespeare had a working vocabulary of 54,000 words, while
> we have a working vocabulary of 3,000 words.
>
> The Three Little Pigs in Shakespearean. Supposed to be funny, but
> actually rather sobering.
>
> http://biggeekdad.com/2011/11/the-three-little-pigs/
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