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

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WingedServant

Quote from: mia h on September 05, 2013, 02:30:27 PM
I blame Neil Gaiman for me knowing that one.

Your total vocabulary size is estimated to be: 34,500 words.

But I think they made up some of those words to check if people were just BS'ing the test
I've looked up several of those words, after the test.. they are all legitimate.. just obscure and limited in use.

bloodnnails

18900

well i can tell u dactylography is the scientific study of fingerprints as a form of identification but i was lost on most of those:P

Thesunmaid


Your total vocabulary size is estimated to be:
30,600
words



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Chaosfox

Your total vocabulary size is estimated to be:
24,900
words

I am glad I could get in ton the average at leas >.<
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NewEraW

23,800

Wow I was doing good until I got to the end
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Translucent Bard

Your total vocabulary size is estimated to be:
30,100
words

Felt really good until the last two columns. Found myself googling a few to make sure they were actual words.

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32,300 words. I blame it on years of being used as the family dictionary. XD
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Nymphieki

28,500 words.

Well, just because I know what the words meant, doesn't mean I ever use them in conversation. xD

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Quote from: Nymphieki on September 26, 2013, 11:13:15 PM
Well, just because I know what the words meant, doesn't mean I ever use them in conversation. xD


There's a ton of words on those lists I knew but I don't use them in conversation.  Heck I probably don't even use half of them in writing.

Wolfling72

Ah, I have managed since my last go round to expand my vocabulary and am in the 90th percentile for my age (40's)

Your total vocabulary size is estimated to be:
40,400 words.


Not too bad for a woman who never finished college,



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Renegade Vile

I decided to give this another go and see what result comes up this time around. I had 37.800, which is about 6000 more than last time. A lot of it depends on what words come up on the list.
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Galanthor

Your total vocabulary size is estimated to be:
28,500
words

Yeaaaah foreign language so i think i can be proud on it.

Oniya

Just remember:  English waylays other languages in back alleys and goes through their pockets for spare vocabulary.
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Renegade Vile

Quote from: Oniya on October 01, 2013, 12:36:42 PM
Just remember:  English waylays other languages in back alleys and goes through their pockets for spare vocabulary.

Indeed, the sheer number of words I've seen in that list that come from French, German and even one that has the same ancestor as Dutch. And I'm not even a linguist so I don't want to know how many they can pick out and trace. But, such is the nature of an adaptable, learning language.
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ToriJ

Your total vocabulary size is estimated to be:
11,700
words


Just above foreigners and way below English native speakers. Not sure how to feel about that.

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Armonis

32,400.

I'm pretty happy with that.

The Golden Touch

24,900 words...

Well... I thought I had a halfway decent vocabulary, but my brain died with some of these columns.

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Tise

0 words

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Oniya

Quote from: Tise on October 12, 2013, 06:08:50 PM
0 words

OhMai o.o that's not good.

*goes back to look at the first page of words*

I call shenanigans.
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Blackrock

25,900 words. I'm not a native speaker, but I expected I knew more truth be told. Guess I still have much to learn, I was literally standing with a dictionary open and looking up those words I didn't know (especially the infamous fourth column lol) thinking "what really?". It's nice being reminded how little vocabulary is actually used in a normal, day-to-day conversation.