How many words do you suppose there are in the English language? Are you surprised that there's no hard and fast answer?
I should point out with all due respect to whichever word counter you decide you wish to use, none of them are including the Bozo No-No Words. The 'do you kiss your mother with that mouth?' words. The 'were you raised by a Sailor?' vocabulary enhancers.
None of the words that might pop up in a Readers Digest Towards More Perfect Speech article.
The kind of stuff that made George Carlin (in)famous.
These words, right here.
I see that map as a cautionary tale to be careful with words, any words. Once they're said while they may be forgiven they will never be forgotten.
-bill kenny
