How many words are there in the English language?
Is it true that English has the most words of any language?
What is the difference between Old English and Anglo-Saxon?
What is the proportion of English words of French, Latin, or Germanic origin?
Why don't you introduce some form of phonetic spelling?
Why is 'w' pronounced 'double u' rather than 'double v'?
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