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That was my thought as well Larry Send a noteboard - 21/08/2011 06:24:06 PM
There are words like "sparge" that I would guess is a derivative of the Latin spargere, but since I've never seen it actually used I didn't check it. I did enjoy seeing "terpsichorean" though it really should be capitalized.

Anyway, it said my vocabulary is 38,800 words. That's probably on the very low side, given that there are thousands upon thousands of Latin, Greek and French words that bled through into English.


And I'd add hundreds, if not thousands, of various Native American words that have been added to American English, not to mention some Spanish words and phrases that have entered some regional dialects over the past two centuries.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

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Help out these researchers: test your English vocabulary Rebekah - 21/08/2011 03:07:24 PM 918 Views
When I first read that I thought you meant "nitty-gritty" was one of the words they checked. Joel - 21/08/2011 03:26:28 PM 610 Views
Perhpas I misunderstood the instructions, because it told me my vocabulary is 1680 words. *NM* Palatine - 21/08/2011 04:03:19 PM 244 Views
I tried to be very conservative Tom - 21/08/2011 04:55:08 PM 668 Views
That was my thought as well Larry - 21/08/2011 06:24:06 PM 708 Views
Indeed. If you read their explanation, however, there's a decent reason for that. Rebekah - 21/08/2011 06:27:34 PM 648 Views
I did read it Larry - 21/08/2011 06:32:28 PM 572 Views
28,300 words. Great Lord of Chaos - 21/08/2011 05:52:10 PM 610 Views
Hmm Camilla - 21/08/2011 06:07:36 PM 668 Views
I got 35700, but I was perhaps too generous in ticking boxes. Legolas - 21/08/2011 07:49:24 PM 714 Views
The wife had the same reaction to "lots", "somewhat" and "not much". Joel - 21/08/2011 10:15:05 PM 697 Views
Yeah, she would. Legolas - 21/08/2011 10:54:20 PM 630 Views
That makes sense. Joel - 22/08/2011 03:49:18 PM 708 Views
I'm going to hope I misinterpreted that, but... Legolas - 22/08/2011 07:24:04 PM 631 Views
Nah, you got it, and I didn't. Joel - 22/08/2011 08:27:33 PM 697 Views
37700 *NM* Stephen - 21/08/2011 08:52:29 PM 242 Views
Bah, 35,000 *NM* beetnemesis - 21/08/2011 10:02:43 PM 273 Views
I'm only slightly above average nossy - 22/08/2011 04:07:02 AM 608 Views
39,000. It seemed pretty heavy on the Latin derivations. *NM* Ghavrel - 22/08/2011 04:48:23 AM 278 Views
28,800 Macharius - 22/08/2011 01:43:36 PM 606 Views
Neat link, It seems I'm around 25600. Made me want to get my dictinary out... *NM* Nolan - 22/08/2011 03:43:24 PM 304 Views
Trollop! Trollop was on the list! Low- 22,800. *NM* Avendesora - 22/08/2011 08:43:21 PM 258 Views
I like the rice one from years ago. Still, I so kicked ass that I won't post... Vodalus - 23/08/2011 04:57:58 AM 589 Views
37000... It's interesting how it makes you remember how you know some of the harder words Isaac - 23/08/2011 12:16:17 PM 591 Views
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