Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Does the English language have more synonyms to describe something as big, than any other language?

Here are a few examples: Gigantic, huge, titanic, mammoth etc. I know English is credited with having a greater vocabulary than any other language, but it doesn't mean we have more words to choose from in every specific area. After all, the Inuit language is supposed to have 20 different words for snow. Let's face it, they get plenty of the stuff in those frozen wastes in the far north so they need plenty of words to describe it. What do you think?

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