I really should blog more...

:spooky music:

Shadows fill the room, dusk oozes into place in the window outside. An unsuspecting girl goes to sit down at the desk facing the wall. Suddenly, she sees it! A scream can be heard from as far away as the neighbours across the street, but it's too late... Another inattentive blogger has been struck down. The blogspot tab strikes again... :dun dun dun...:

*raises hands up* Ok! Ok! Yes, I have been dreading looking at my blog... again. It's been a long time since I've blogged. Geez! Dont give me that look! I have a life besides the computer! Ok, so maybe I don't. You got me: I'm blogging because I've read every single post on My Life Is Average. If you're looking for a thought provoking post, or even something remotely spiritually challenging, I'm pretty sure you can stop right about :long pause: :smirks: :looks at fingernails: :checks watch: now.

I've been thinking about words, and if you know my viewpoint on words very well at all, this could be seen as a red flag of sorts. Recently, I've taken interest in learning a new word or phrase and it's origin every few days. I kept this going for about :counts on fingers muttering: three days! But, aside from my apparent failure to become mote literate, I would like to share a few thoughts with you, my dear reader about words.


I genuinely adore words. In part, that is the reason I haven't given up on the English language as a whole. English has so many profoundly beautiful words, and such a vast array of meanings to choose from, I'm finding difficulty in even composing this post. In short, english has so many I can't help but marvel at it's complexity. I could gush about words 'til the world runs out of cheese, but I value my readers and therefore won't bore them to death. I <3 u ;)

What percentage of the words of a language do you need to know to be considered fluent? If I know 50% of the words of the English language am I considered fluent? If I knew 45% or more I would know over 75,000 words (according to an oxford study that you find when google searching "how many words in English"). Most people know maybe 5,000-10,000 words in the English language and are considered fluent. That's less than a 10% of the words in the English language. What then of learning a new language? Do you only need to know 10% of the words to be considered fluent? Or does that change depending on the language? Does that include slang? Abbreviations? Ability to write and read?

Wat if i tlk lyk dis? Shud u no wat i meen thn? Cn u b abl 2 read dis n no its rl hole wrdz? Y U NO TLK LYK ME??

(side note: you have no idea how long it took for me to write that ^)

I think now I shall leave you to ponder what I have set out for us to dissect on the operating table of thought (aka the comments!!!)
Tell me what you think! I eat your thoughts and I'm starving ]: --the comment monster
Feed the comment monster. He loves you too.

And I have an announcement [BONDIGITY!]:
I will now be taking requests! Tell me in the comments what you want me to blog about. I'll try to write something about every comment suggestion I get in the order that I get them. I shall be doing this all summer.

So long, farewell... Well, you know the rest, right?