POP QUIZ! How many words does the average American know? Turns out that most Americans know about 3,000 words. Now let's compare this to the most famous writer (Next to God) in the whole entire worldliness. SHAKESPEARE! He knew between 30,000 to 50,000 words. That is OVER TEN TIMES the amount we know nowadays. That is a lot of words. No wonder he is the most famous writer today.
Random fact of the day: Shakespeare needed some new words so he made some up such as: Lonely, countless. leapfrog, dwindle, barefaced, fretful, and submerged to name a few.
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Holy Cow!!!
Shakespeare was pretty much just that awesome. :D
Thanks for sharing that!
You are very welcome.
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