http://testyourvocab.com/
Apparently, I only know 32,400 words. :weep:
Tried that earlier. I got 38.5k. :smarty:
i suck, same score as Garbon.
28k words.
It's more then I expected. The fact that on the second list almost half the words I knew are also in french did help.
TL
Got 30100 when I tried it last week.
42,100.
Show off
30,700 :Embarrass:
35,800
39,600.
Quote from: Syt on July 27, 2011, 01:03:23 PM
30,700 :Embarrass:
Well, according to their statistics (http://testyourvocab.com/blog/2011-07-25-New-results-for-foreign-learners.php#mainchartNonnative) I fall into the top 0.3% of non-native speakers. :huh:
You asses, I only got 32,300. :mad:
Lawyers, English and history majors/teachers have bigger vocabularies. Who woulda thunk it? ;)
31,700 for me, by the way.
21,200 words. :Embarrass: That's not good. That's very not good.
32.6k. Felt a little embarrassed, given the strong showings on here.
Apparently, I know 27 000 something English words. :rolleyes:
I don't. But I know how say fuck you.
22,100 words, which would put me among the top 0.7% of foreign speakers. I doubt that.
Quote from: Syt on July 27, 2011, 01:06:57 PM
Quote from: Syt on July 27, 2011, 01:03:23 PM
30,700 :Embarrass:
Well, according to their statistics (http://testyourvocab.com/blog/2011-07-25-New-results-for-foreign-learners.php#mainchartNonnative) I fall into the top 0.3% of non-native speakers. :huh:
heh, 13100 for me, which puts me well above the 2500-9000 range of non-natives.
Quote from: DGuller on July 27, 2011, 01:39:12 PM
21,200 words. :Embarrass: That's not good. That's very not good.
You may not be part of the clerisy. ;)
Quote from: Malthus on July 27, 2011, 02:04:49 PM
Quote from: DGuller on July 27, 2011, 01:39:12 PM
21,200 words. :Embarrass: That's not good. That's very not good.
You may not be part of the clerisy. ;)
I don't know what it means, but I have a feeling it's not complimentary. :(
Second page already and no word puns yet? I'm disappointed.
Quote from: DGuller on July 27, 2011, 02:11:45 PM
Quote from: Malthus on July 27, 2011, 02:04:49 PM
Quote from: DGuller on July 27, 2011, 01:39:12 PM
21,200 words. :Embarrass: That's not good. That's very not good.
You may not be part of the clerisy. ;)
I don't know what it means, but I have a feeling it's not complimentary. :(
Forgive my captious puckishness. If you sedulously study, perhaps its meaning will come to you in a hypnopompic state. After all, one would not wish to commit a malapropism.
32,800, but I only checked words I could use in a sentence.
Quote from: Warspite on July 27, 2011, 02:28:11 PM
32,800, but I only checked words I could use in a sentence.
Oh definitely. Don't think it really qualifies as "knowing" if you couldn't use/provide a definition.
31,300
32,100. I'm off the chart :cool:
Got halfway through it, became bored and stopped.
It takes like 5 minutes, tops. The are only two pages. :huh:
If I want to be tested I can go to the clinic.
Quote from: Tyr on July 27, 2011, 02:57:46 PM
Got halfway through it, became bored and stopped.
That's the spirit.
Quote from: mongers on July 27, 2011, 03:53:48 PM
I smell a rat, just because you recognised a word and think you understand it's meaning, seems only half of what constitutes your vocabulary; I'd have prefer an analysis of you active vocabulary, take an sample of your writing, say all of your Languish posts and work out a figure from that.
Well, understanding a word's meaning does indicate that the word is in your vocabulary. Your "active vocabulary" is going to be relatively pointless; 2000 words cover 80% of English text.
But, in the name of Science!, I did an analysis of my last 50 posts (excluding URLs and quoted material). Apparently, they only needed 592 unique words. Of course, the total words in said posts was 1282, so c'est la vie.
Also, 37,200 on the original.
35.7.
Fuck--I did know what what "verdure" meant. I guess that's okay, since I said I knew what "hypnopompic" meant, but evidently did not.
Quote from: ulmont on July 27, 2011, 04:19:28 PM
Quote from: mongers on July 27, 2011, 03:53:48 PM
I smell a rat, just because you recognised a word and think you understand it's meaning, seems only half of what constitutes your vocabulary; I'd have prefer an analysis of you active vocabulary, take an sample of your writing, say all of your Languish posts and work out a figure from that.
Well, understanding a word's meaning does indicate that the word is in your vocabulary. Your "active vocabulary" is going to be relatively pointless; 2000 words cover 80% of English text.
I would disagree to an extent.
Being able to fathom the rough gist of a word isn't, at least to me, the same as knowing it.
One could certainly surmise a basic meaning from context and, particularly in the case of English, a root derived from Latin, Greek, German or French. But would this mean knowing the differences between a conundrum and a dilemma; or to think and to ponder? Or the nuanced difference between bifurcate and diverge?
Quote from: Warspite on July 27, 2011, 04:41:42 PM
Being able to fathom the rough gist of a word isn't, at least to me, the same as knowing it.
I think if you're only able to fathom the rough gist of a word, you shouldn't have checked in on the original test.
QuoteDon't check boxes for words you know you've seen before, but whose meaning you aren't exactly sure of.
35.6 :(
33,300
70 million.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 27, 2011, 05:12:06 PM
70 million.
I was going to post an outrageous number but you beat me to it. :(
Quote from: Martinus on July 27, 2011, 05:10:37 PM
33,300
I guess "bronze age" wasn't on there.
I got bored halfway through the second page and stopped. Bleh.
It seems to me that one's vocabulary depends on context. One of the words in the test was "adumbrate". FWIW it is a word I'm completely familiar with. It is also not a word I would use in speech unless I was rather drunk and being deliberately irritaing/pretentious. I would possibly use the word in an academic essay but probably not in a personal letter, I prefer "foreshadow" anyway. But, possibly, the fact that I prefer the common word indicates that my understanding of the rarer word is deficient..............maybe someone with a really good vocabulary uses adumbrate when foreshadow simply won't do :hmm:
Quote from: Razgovory on July 27, 2011, 05:41:28 PM
Quote from: Martinus on July 27, 2011, 05:10:37 PM
33,300
I guess "bronze age" wasn't on there.
I got bored halfway through the second page and stopped. Bleh.
Or 'stat'
40200
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 27, 2011, 06:57:34 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on July 27, 2011, 05:41:28 PM
Quote from: Martinus on July 27, 2011, 05:10:37 PM
33,300
I guess "bronze age" wasn't on there.
I got bored halfway through the second page and stopped. Bleh.
Or 'stat'
I have better things to do then try to join the Internet Mensa club. Like stare blankly at a wall, or lance carbuncles on my ass.
Quote from: Razgovory on July 27, 2011, 05:41:28 PM
Quote from: Martinus on July 27, 2011, 05:10:37 PM
33,300
I guess "bronze age" wasn't on there.
I got bored halfway through the second page and stopped. Bleh.
That first page is pretty fucking useless. A five year old's grasp of English can probably be assumed.
I didn't know the last 3 on the 1st page.
36,900. I'm out-Englished by the non-English and those who don't use their vocabulary for a living :(
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 28, 2011, 01:25:07 AM
I didn't know the last 3 on the 1st page.
Ok, amended to "most of." There were a couple of page 1 I didn't know either, but I meant the majority of the words were roughly the same level as "couch" or "car."
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 28, 2011, 01:25:07 AM
I didn't know the last 3 on the 1st page.
From the first page, I didn't only know what "prig" is. I have never seen the word "uxorcide" before but figured out it's like "fratricide" or "patricide" only that you are ciding your uxor and not your frater or pater. :P
Some of the words you pick up from silly stuff, like roleplaying games (for example "legerdemain" :P).
35,100
Disappointingly low.
Quote from: Brazen on July 28, 2011, 03:22:43 AM
36,900. I'm out-Englished by the non-English and those who don't use their vocabulary for a living :(
A lot of them are quite easy for a francophone, since they are essentially French words wholly imported (bruit, embonpoint) or latin words (regnant). It is with the colloquialisms, or old words, that I had some problems.
Was it just me, or was there a dearth of scientific and other technical terms? No "boson" or "replevin."
Quote from: Razgovory on July 27, 2011, 07:26:24 PM
I have better things to do then try to join the Internet Mensa club. Like stare blankly at a wall, or lance carbuncles on my ass.
I have a job so I've all the time in the world. :blush:
Quote from: Ideologue on July 28, 2011, 12:21:49 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on July 27, 2011, 05:41:28 PM
Quote from: Martinus on July 27, 2011, 05:10:37 PM
33,300
I guess "bronze age" wasn't on there.
I got bored halfway through the second page and stopped. Bleh.
That first page is pretty fucking useless. A five year old's grasp of English can probably be assumed.
Dude, it is a test meant to be used by five-year-olds as well as law school graduates. Having a range of words allows for this.
Quote from: garbon on July 28, 2011, 08:31:50 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on July 27, 2011, 07:26:24 PM
I have better things to do then try to join the Internet Mensa club. Like stare blankly at a wall, or lance carbuncles on my ass.
I have a job so I've all the time in the world. :blush:
:lol:
Quote from: Malthus on July 28, 2011, 08:55:00 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on July 28, 2011, 12:21:49 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on July 27, 2011, 05:41:28 PM
Quote from: Martinus on July 27, 2011, 05:10:37 PM
33,300
I guess "bronze age" wasn't on there.
I got bored halfway through the second page and stopped. Bleh.
That first page is pretty fucking useless. A five year old's grasp of English can probably be assumed.
Dude, it is a test meant to be used by five-year-olds as well as law school graduates. Having a range of words allows for this.
It is? I thought it was for adults. -_-
Quote from: Ideologue on July 28, 2011, 02:37:53 PM
It is? I thought it was for adults. -_-
From the test:
QuoteWorks for everyone, from small children (with parental help) to college professors!
Quote from: Malthus on July 28, 2011, 02:39:41 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on July 28, 2011, 02:37:53 PM
It is? I thought it was for adults. -_-
From the test:
QuoteWorks for everyone, from small children (with parental help) to college professors!
I'm actually just a Chinese Room. I can't really read. :(
Quote from: Ideologue on July 28, 2011, 02:42:27 PM
Quote from: Malthus on July 28, 2011, 02:39:41 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on July 28, 2011, 02:37:53 PM
It is? I thought it was for adults. -_-
From the test:
QuoteWorks for everyone, from small children (with parental help) to college professors!
I'm actually just a Chinese Room. I can't really read. :(
Well, you could at least
simulate reading, right? ;)
Quote from: Ideologue on July 28, 2011, 02:42:27 PM
Quote from: Malthus on July 28, 2011, 02:39:41 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on July 28, 2011, 02:37:53 PM
It is? I thought it was for adults. -_-
From the test:
QuoteWorks for everyone, from small children (with parental help) to college professors!
I'm actually just a Chinese Room. I can't really read. :(
At any rate, the first page operates to then calibrate the "difficutly" of the words you get asked on the second page.
Quote from: FunkMonk on July 28, 2011, 02:08:54 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 28, 2011, 08:31:50 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on July 27, 2011, 07:26:24 PM
I have better things to do then try to join the Internet Mensa club. Like stare blankly at a wall, or lance carbuncles on my ass.
I have a job so I've all the time in the world. :blush:
:lol:
Actually I should admit that summer has just been really slow.