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My mum just sent me this test, it's really interesting to see it and compare to the national average!
It doesn't take very long to do so give it a go! Make sure you only check ones you can ACTUALLY define and not just words you've heard of!!!
My result was 26,600 - not as big as I'd have guessed actually, considering I did an English degree and read a hell of a lot! But I'm fairly happy with it.
Post your results below!!
Would help if I included the link
how do i do it
11,600
words
I don't know if that is good. Am 16 sooo...
not a lot apparently. 21,800.
26,800
18,300 apparently, interesting
22,900
no idea if that's bad/good
o god i have to click all of those on my laptop urghh
just use tab and space ^^
28,500 which is surprising
I was hoping this was an actual test and not some self reporting thing :(
there's a link under the test to compare to other people your age if you're interested! But over 20 is good for an adult, it obv grows with time though!Quote:
Originally Posted by Prosiary
32,300 but that's clearly inflated just because I know some of the non-English words - there are loads on the list that are either robbed entirely from other languages or are extinct slang, so it's prob not all that accurate
19,300
23,900 I'm surprised.
14,200
words
That's awful..
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Originally Posted by Phil
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1,560
words
did i do it wrong
ok i realised you have to tick the ones u understand
http://puu.sh/leAJt.png
knowing the french ones helps a lot
I learned terpsichorean from monty python. remember that long poem with lots of strange words in that got posted on here that was fun
14,200
9250 or sumthing apparently in only better than forein learners I think it a load of shite the 2nd list had so many random words like it so crap
I knew a lot of the words on the list but I wouldn't be able to actually define them without it being in a sentence so that's why I didn't tick them and prob got lower. Really depends how honest you're being with yourself
17.3k
Surely if you can put them into a sentence then you know their definitions?Quote:
Originally Posted by lawrawrrr
No. For example, I know roughly what "prudish" means in context but I wouldn't be able to define it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kyle
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Really? I would say that being able to use a word accurately (especially something like prudish since it's a rather specific one) would mean that you'd be able to say what it means just through context.Quote:
Originally Posted by lawrawrrr
my school log book had a word each week in the calendar section of it and we were encouraged to use the word as much as we could. I remember learning the word veriloquent and then all teachers started using it and I came to hate it and never used it again. Habbox should have a word of the day I love learning new words. Today's word can be 'prudish'!
Hahaha I actually love that idea! I know like, generally what it means but I wouldn't be confident in defining it. There are a lot of words I ONLY know in context, mainly cos I read a lot and guess what the word means depending on what it's describing etcQuote:
Originally Posted by Kyle
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Habbox word of the day is a fab idea, will give mdport a job to do and enrich the lives of the community *+*+*+*+Quote:
prudish
ˈpruːdɪʃ
adjective
How Laura acts when asked for rudey nudeys
"Based on participations so far, we've already got some decent statistics. Most native English adult speakers who have taken the test fall in the range 20,000–35,000 words."
I got 19,700. oh shit LOL.
-looks at toxicmint's post- ahh phew I feel better now.
omfg can we say shit now
ot:: im only in the 40th percentile with my 21,800
So funny how raggamuffin was on there.
32,200 words !
18,800
24,500 .... ain't that bad really
21,600