Mark clarifies that the word dearth refers to a scarcity or lack of something.

“you know to arth is a scarcity or lack of something and Darth Vader has a lack of ability to save his wife”

Learning a new language is less daunting than it seems because a high level of proficiency can be achieved with a relatively small number of words.

“I mean, the idea of learning 70,000 words, 170,000 words feels extremely intimidating, but actually you can get really quite far with just 3,000 words.”