how many words per minute does the average person speak?
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it depends on where the person is : if at home i don't think its likely they will even utter a word
996609
What is average????  How about what is appropriate.  Check your words/minute rate at the address below.
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18 words per minute\n18*60 = 1080 words per hour.\n\nAssuming a lie consists of a single word , then\n.84*1080 = 907.2 lies
994646
I would say ON AVERAGE about once per sentence. That being said, I would also imagine that based on that observation the actual number of times would be directly proportional to the amount of time the speaker spends talking. So the lower end would probably be somewhere around three or four hundred and the upper end around 100,000 like my idiotic brother.
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It's hard to count them because there are possible variations of words that are not recorded. A safe estimate would be between 40,000 and 100,000, but basic communication is possible with 6,000 and academic communication with 17,000.
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Ultrakey.  I got from 20 words per minute to 130 words per minute.  But it was mostly because I was ALWAYS online.  I think chatting really helped.  And typing in homerow (when your fingers are on the correct keys; not just using two fingers) is wayy easier...
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It depends how fast your heart beats, in an average healthy adult it's approximately 100,000 times a day, roughly 70 times a minute.
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for a basic typing course, it is 40 wpm to not be considered a beginner. for a job involving word processing, it is around 70 wpm. good would be higher than that. i used to do around 110 when i was mudding on a regular basis. now it's about 90.
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60 times a second or 60 Hertz is correct.\n(In Canada it is 50 Hertz)
589915
We have a poverty of imagination and vocabulary. In the 1960s, an average High School senior had a vocabulary of 25,000 words. In the 1990s, it was down to 10,000 -- a striking 60% decrease in just 30 years! No one knows why our vocabulary and language skills are diminishing, it's anyone's guess. Anything on TV?
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wouldn't that depend upon the # of words on that page, the point in which they're printed, and the comlexity of said words??\n\nhow about asking the number of words correct per minute that an average adult (or whatever) can read?\n\n1st grade = 30-50 wcpm\n2nd grade = 80-100 wcpm\n\net cetera.
133140
59 seconds... that is an easy one :)
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I've read that we can struggle by in a language with only 300 words in our vocabulary. An ordinary English speaker will use a daily vocabulary of somewhere between 3,000 and 30,000 words with most people using the smaller vocabulary.\n\nTechnical and occupation related vocabulary expands some people's use list up to 100,000 words, but that is rare.\n\nI'm not sure what you mean by VOA. I'm guessing that it is radio or Internet radio Voice Of America. Radio, television and movies will probably help with receptive skills toward vocabulary building and comprehension.\n\nA lot will depend on government restrictions on communications media that are available to you. My first and easy thought is Yahoo Messenger With Voice. I know handicappers that regularly use this to socialize and to get work done when they cannot leave their homes.\n\nSo, if it's available to you, I suggest that -- Internet chat with voice. Either one-on-one with someone in English or else an orderly chat room where you can interact with English speakers.\n\nIf it's not, and if you have no English speaking group that you can spend time with, I can think of a few other things.\n\nIf you can get an English speaking pen-pal, someone you can write to, that would be one way. Again, this is available on the Internet, but there's still the good old-fashioned way too. Read and write on paper and use the mails. Possibly you could exchange home recorded audio with each other. Many military have kept in touch with home by talking their letters into cassette recorders and mailing the tapes.\n\nI think the interaction is essential and that the closer you can get to total immersion in the language you are trying to learn the better the progress you will make. Language works best when there is no translation process between thought and word and that comes from exposure and practice.\n\nI hope my recommendations help you.
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Of course this will vary by language, even by dialect and local culture.  But here some reaonsable estimates for English\n\nFor ordinary speech:\n* books on tape - 150-175 words per minute ("wpm")\n* conversations - about 200 wpm \n\nLimits!\n* adults can listen with full comprehension at 300 wpm [some say up to 400 wpm!] \n* but  even auctioneers can only speak at about 250 wpm!\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Words_per_minute#Speech\n\n\nAs for FORMAL speaking: \n- most suggest something close to 150 wpm is reasonable\nhttp://www.dartmouth.edu/~speech/contestinfo.html\nhttp://www.teachnet.com/lesson/langarts/speaking/persuasivespeech.html\n\nGood public speakers in the age before sound systems would speak a bit slower than speakers do today, making it easier for their hearers to follow them.  Thus it is estimated that Lincoln delivered his speeches at about 105-110 wpm. . . which means the Gettysburg Address  STILL lasted only about 2½ minutes!\n(according to  *The Eloquent President* by Ronald C. White [2005], xxii )
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Pretty fast...i would say around 40...
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I tend to talk slow with a lower voice. I dad once told me people who talk fast have nothing to say.
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1.78  per second\n107 per minute\n6390 per hour\n153 thousand per day\n56.0 million per year\n3.9 billion per average lifetime (70 years)