On a linux 2.4.9 box running perl 5.6.0 perl /tmp/a /usr/share/dict/words 1 yields such things as:

databases fritter Saracens stammerer when Whitmanize willing writes Wuhan youthfully zigzag Zoroaster Zulu Zulus Zurich wc -l could have told you this is 45424 words
shrivel topologies wetter Wilkins wristwatch Yeager yellowed zoom zooms Zoroastrian Zulu Zulus Zurich wc -l could have told you this is 45424 words
valuably wins wriggles Zennist zoning Zoroaster Zulu Zulus Zurich wc -l could have told you this is 45424 words
knave requisitioning seismology sentimentally tail Telnet Welles Whipple winner workbooks workmen Yates yeas Yokohama zodiac zonally zone Zoroaster Zoroastrian Zulu Zulus Zurich wc -l could have told you this is 45424 words

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perl -pe "s/\b;([st])/'\1/mg"


In reply to Re5: Estimating Vocabulary by belg4mit
in thread Estimating Vocabulary by YuckFoo

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