Hi, Ruth. I hope I didn't seem bitchy when I said that. When I speak with Brits, I miss lots of what they say due to accent, dialect or regional variants of terms. Of course, I've had that happen in some areas of the US and maritime Canada. As Q noted, once ya get north of 60 it's a whole new world with back formations, accents and 'milk language' of the English speaker.

I heard/read many decades ago that an average English language speaker can get along splendidly with about 4,000 words. Churchill was estimated to have a usable vocabulary of 50,000 words.

My grandparents were both from England and they used many terms with which I had no familiarity--"stop being so bloody daft" is one example. Heck, even the word 'daft' is seldom used in the parts of NA I have visited or lived in.

Anyway, have a good day, y'all.