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Started by Lilias, December 26, 2012, 05:14:13 PM

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didoanna

*grins* 30,200. - s'bout average I guess but I do like doing crossword puzzles.

This isn't bad either about words - from the great Blackadder.....

....Black Adder the Third - Ink and Incapability.......

Dr. Samuel Johnson: [places two manuscripts on the table, but picks up the top one] Here it is, sir. The very cornerstone of English scholarship. This book, sir, contains every word in our beloved language.

Blackadder: Every single one, sir?

Dr. Samuel Johnson: Every single word, sir!

Blackadder: Oh, well, in that case, sir, I hope you will not object if I also offer the Doctor my most enthusiastic contrafribularities.

Dr. Samuel Johnson: What?

Blackadder: "Contrafribularites", sir? It is a common word down our way.

Dr. Samuel Johnson: Damn!
[writes in the book]

Blackadder: Oh, I'm sorry, sir. I'm anispeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused you such pericombobulation.

RainyHigh

17,400 words... *pouts* I think me needs to study the English dictionary more.
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^ ^ Lol I watched that episode of Blackadder this morning! XD

My result is 20,000... :-\ This is a surprise to me indeed.

grdell

Your total vocabulary size is estimated to be:
32,400
words

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Pfew! 19,500, and I'm a non-native speaker. Still got it somewhat, thankfully :D

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23,800

I recognized many of them, and have even used them before, but couldn't think up an exact definition :(

stormwyrm

37,100. The second page had a whole column of words I'd never heard of before.

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Quote from: stormwyrm on July 11, 2013, 01:09:11 AM
37,100. The second page had a whole column of words I'd never heard of before.

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24,700 words...  Even though I'm bilingual  my first language is Greek.
That 2nd page last column kicked by butt :P


SakamotoHD

29,480 Words.

I'm actually disparaged by that number, I thought I was more well-red then that.. Ah well.

Hera

Your total vocabulary size is estimated to be: 33,700 words

Awesome link!  Thanks for posting it :)


Shelyn

25,300... and English is my second language  :D

Cyrano Johnson

43,000 words. Interesting. Thanks for sharing that link.
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xen

Your total vocabulary size is estimated to be:
41,800
words


I feel accomplished.

Kye

35,900.  For the record the fourth column in the second section made me feel highly unintelligent as well. I only knew a handful of those words.

Saytia

21,800 words. Maybe I'll do better next time. (:

Black Howling

35,300

Not what I hoped for, but on the last section it was more then I thought I'd get. And to those that mentioned it, white wolf books did help!

AlexStone

38,500 words.  Most of which, I am sure, are probably technical terms that have pretty much no use outside their application. 

And, I'm sure many of my partners can attest that, in fact, I know very few useful words, but many ways to use "To Fuck."

Fogsight

23,600...

It is not the amount of words that matters, it is how you use them  :P

QuoteBlackadder: Oh, I'm sorry, sir. I'm anispeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused you such pericombobulation.
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HannibalBarca

38,400.  I'm slipping.  Must read dictionary more. 

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AidenWhite

I.... actually knew a lot of those words in the fourth column. I never went to college, but I always read textbooks that my friends had, and I read a lot. I'm friends with a college professor that I knew since I was three and I met up with him recently when I move to the States. He has fun challenging my vocab (and beating me, of course).

Despite me being Russian, here's what I got...

45,000



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30,500 - which looks to be about average.

That last column are the kinds of things that would pretty much never come up in regular conversation, though. I'd say they were archaic, but I'm sure someone would prove me wrong.

The Dark Raven

Your total vocabulary size is estimated to be:
38,300
words

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Quote from: Black Howling on July 22, 2013, 12:34:04 AM
35,300

Not what I hoped for, but on the last section it was more then I thought I'd get. And to those that mentioned it, white wolf books did help!
Uh...  I hate to say this, but White Wolf books actually LOWER the words you know, because they've changed the meaning of several they use.  Usually in the terms of names.

I actually had to look up words and found out how wrong they were in the context the were used.  Which is why my personal score isn't as high as I wanted, I personally discounted and removed any words I recognized from my WW days.
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