Alex C-G :python: 🏳️🌈 on Nostr: I'm trying to dig up what the rough average length of a word is in English. All the ...
I'm trying to dig up what the rough average length of a word is in English. All the results say it's around 4.7 letters, but I can't find any serious citations. Anyone in
#linguistics got anything?
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