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A study reports a decline in daily spoken words

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The newsletter reports daily speech declining by 338 words per year between 2005 and 2019.

Reported metric: 338 words a year; 2005–2019

Reporting date: 2026-09-24 (not necessarily the event date)

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A study reports a decline in daily spoken words
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-09-24
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-09-24-speech-trend
Claim: The newsletter reports daily speech declining by 338 words per year between 2005 and 2019.
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- Welcome to September 24, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-september-24-2026
- Source linked by the September 24 issue — https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17456916261425131
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