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10th January 2009
Men and women both use about 16,000 words a day, according to the study by Matthias Mehl of the University of Arizona.
Over eight years, Mr. Mehl's team recorded the conversations of almost 400 American and Mexican male and female students. They developed an electronically activated recorder that logged their conversations.
The results: Women in the study spoke an average of 16,215 words each day against an average of 15,669 words for men. The difference is not statistically significant said researches.
What I found interesting is that the study also shows that women's conversations are more about people, relationships, and networking, whereas men's tend to be more about showing off, tools, or cars.
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