Ali G: How many words does you know?
Noam Chomsky: Well… the… normally humans, by maturity, have tens of thousands of words…
AG: For real?
NC: Yeah.
AG: What is some of them?
NC: Well, the ones we’re using.
AG: For real. Me know loads of words: parachute, photograph, anthems, spaghetti, camera…
NC: Well, if you count them up it’ll be in the tens of thousands.