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Hello, this is Six Minute English, and I'm Neil.
Joining me for our discussion is Georgina.
Hello.
Now, Georgina, you're a chatty, social kind of person, aren't you?
Well, yes, I think so.
But would you go up to a stranger and strike up a conversation?
That might be going too far.
If you don't know them, what are you going to start talking about?
A good question.
But maybe you should, because in this program,
we're looking at how talking to strangers might actually be good for you.
But first, let me talk to you about today's question.
I'd like you to answer this.
To make conversation, we need words.
So, according to the Oxford English Dictionary,
approximately how many words are in use in the English language.
Is it A, 171,146, B, 271,146, or C,
371,146.