Sex-linked lexical budgets?

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Sex-linked lexical budgets?

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This morning, I spent a fruitless hour trying to track down the source of Louann Brizendine's assertion that "A woman uses about 20,000 words per day while a man uses about 7,000". I found many similar assertions, with estimates of the male lexical allowance varying from 2,000 to 25,000, while assertions about the female daily word budget ranged from 7,000 to 50,000. But nowhere could I find any evidence that anyone has ever supported these assertions by actually counting words or measuring talking times. My current best guess is that a marriage counselor invented this particular meme about 15 years ago, as a sort of parable for couples with certain communication problems, and others have picked it up and spread it, while modulating the numbers to suit their tastes. This is what happened in the case that Geoff Pullum called The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax.

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me not get poll. small brane and small word only thing. goog bugg ugg.

What are the implications of using less words (assuming such a statement is assumed true through research)? Does that mean males are dumber for not having as extensive a vocabulary, or does it mean that males are able to do "more with less," so to speak?

The sheer amount of words vocalized in a day isn't taken into account either. What if I'm using "more" words per breath than chatty Cathy?
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Do you mean did the research actually happened? Or do you mean do I agree with the results? Honestly those results dont suprise me.
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I woudn't doubt it. Most women fucking talk CONSTANTLY. This doesn't mean a larger vocabulary, however. I'm positive that stupid is a problem of both genders.
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Yeah - I don't think this study has any correlation with intelligence.

It doesn't say "unique" words - it just says words. Which means women "in general" like to yap more - big news!

I know personally, the woman i'm marrying, is just as smart as me, however she talks to friends in person and on the phone a LOT more than I do - does that make her smarter because she likes gossiping over recipes and I prefer reading a book? No.

Edit: In hindsight - that paragraph says nothing of a conclusion about it. Doesn't say women are smarter, or there is anything to be gained from talking more. It just says women talk more - what that means, I have no f'in clue.
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Where are the boobies?
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Canoe wrote:Yeah - I don't think this study has any correlation with intelligence.

It doesn't say "unique" words - it just says words. Which means women "in general" like to yap more - big news!

I know personally, the woman i'm marrying, is just as smart as me, however she talks to friends in person and on the phone a LOT more than I do - does that make her smarter because she likes gossiping over recipes and I prefer reading a book? No.

Edit: In hindsight - that paragraph says nothing of a conclusion about it. Doesn't say women are smarter, or there is anything to be gained from talking more. It just says women talk more - what that means, I have no f'in clue.
No! She's not as smart as you or she'd run away screaming :p
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Post by Adex_Xeda »

The wonderful women in my life tend to speak more to say less than I do.

Then again, my habit for concise speech has been considered rude by some.

As children, we are taught to communicate differently.
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Woman: So like I'm at lunch and I see Donna walk by and oh my God! She got a boob job! She was nearly exploding out of her mauve top that matched her Gucci sunglasses perfectly. You should have seen the way she was prancing around with her Louis purse and her Manolos shoes, it was crazy!


Man: Nice rack. Wanna fuck?
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Siji wrote:Woman: Blah blah blah lunch blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah boob job! Blah blah exploding blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah.

Man: Nice rack. Wanna fuck?
Fixed it for you!
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Al wrote:
Siji wrote:Woman: Blah blah blah lunch blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah boob job! Blah blah exploding blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah.

Man: Nice rack. Wanna fuck?
Fixed it for you!
There was no need to fix, since we males were assumed to have read it like that anyway.






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