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Posted: 2/15/2012 5:28:04 PM EDT
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I see your ManU and raise you this...  |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 5:29:51 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/15/2012 5:30:12 PM EDT
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Estimated vocabulary: 30,300 words based on the above test. Damn, I bet you'd smoke the GRE. That thing put me at 27,100. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 5:32:04 PM EDT
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Check out the brain on Turbo. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 5:34:10 PM EDT
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Grade 1 Student = 1,000+ words Normal Person (Graduate) = 5,000 to 6,000+ words University Professor = 15,000+ words Spelling Bee Winners = 30,000+ (as claimed by them) College Dictionary (Abridged) = 50,000 - 70,000 Total Words in English Language = 250,000+ (Growing) Dictionary (Un-abridged) with derivatives = 450,000+ Shakespeare used 60,000 words Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_number_of_words_in_the_speaking_vocabulary_of_an_average_English_speaker#ixzz1mVXPpeUw FWIW, active (speaking) vocabulary is a world apart from passive (listening/reading) vocabulary. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 5:37:09 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Estimated vocabulary: 30,300 words based on the above test. Damn, I bet you'd smoke the GRE. That thing put me at 27,100. I got 35,400. I know I have a good vocabulary, but I hadn't expected quite that high. 
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Posted: 2/15/2012 5:38:31 PM EDT
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31,500
http://testyourvocab.com/?r=1611612 |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 5:39:18 PM EDT
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Quoted: Check out the brain on Turbo. Everyone on Arfcom is a genius. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 5:41:14 PM EDT
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Estimated vocabulary: 30,300 words based on the above test. Damn, I bet you'd smoke the GRE. That thing put me at 27,100. I did very well on the verbal SAT and a bit above average on the math. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 5:42:06 PM EDT
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Grade 1 Student = 1,000+ words Normal Person (Graduate) = 5,000 to 6,000+ words University Professor = 15,000+ words Spelling Bee Winners = 30,000+ (as claimed by them) College Dictionary (Abridged) = 50,000 - 70,000 Total Words in English Language = 250,000+ (Growing) Dictionary (Un-abridged) with derivatives = 450,000+ Shakespeare used 60,000 words Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_number_of_words_in_the_speaking_vocabulary_of_an_average_English_speaker#ixzz1mVXPpeUw FWIW, active (speaking) vocabulary is a world apart from passive (listening/reading) vocabulary. Yeah, I talk like a redneck with a bit O' non-Rick flair. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 5:43:35 PM EDT
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Check out the brain on Turbo. Everyone on Arfcom is a genius. I suspect the participants in this thread are above average, at least until EXP Custom shows up. The internet is a filter for basic literacy. It excludes those who cannot read nor write at all. This site does a pretty good job excluding liberals too. That further boosts the average IQ(I am serious). |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 5:46:38 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Check out the brain on Turbo. Everyone on Arfcom is a genius. I suspect the participants in this thread are above average, at least until EXP Custom shows up. The internet is a filter for basic literacy. It excludes those who cannot read nor write at all. I would agree, and add that a good number of people with really bad vocabularies wouldn't be interested in taking the test, anyway. ETA: I linked the vocab quiz in EXP's pit thread, should be fun. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 5:47:09 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/15/2012 5:49:29 PM EDT
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Feed them cake, entertain them, and educate to the level of the dumbest kid in class and you will always be in control.
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Posted: 2/15/2012 5:50:00 PM EDT
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Ever fucking heard a fucking Canadian talk? Half of our fucking vocabulary is the word ''fuck''  I have actullay noticed that. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 5:50:21 PM EDT
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Check out the brain on Turbo. Everyone on Arfcom is a genius. I suspect the participants in this thread are above average, at least until EXP Custom shows up. The internet is a filter for basic literacy. It excludes those who cannot read nor write at all. I would agree, and add that a good number of people with really bad vocabularies wouldn't be interested in taking the test, anyway. I always considered myself to have a lousy vocabulary, and I took it.
Too bad we don't know how it formulates the answers. But I suspect it is higher than reality, and soon some will post results that blow mine out of the water. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 5:51:12 PM EDT
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24,900 I iz stoopid.  |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 5:51:36 PM EDT
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I heard that on the radio today, and I have no idea if it's true, but they guy on the radio said that the average Brit has a vocabulary of 6000 words, while the average American has a vocabulary of 2000 words. I know it's a day past Brit-bash Tuesday, but I have to ask my fellow Americans: ARE WE GOING TO LET THIS TRAVESTY STAND? 
I have a prodigious lexicon, therefore I am doing my part to ameliorate this alleged deficiency.  RED COAT!!!! http://jordanhoffman.com/wp-content/uploads/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-78.jpg Better dead than read 
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Posted: 2/15/2012 5:52:37 PM EDT
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It's easier for big words to get out when there aren't any teeth in the way.
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Posted: 2/15/2012 5:54:14 PM EDT
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26,300. I'd like to thank God and mom and dad for my Catholic private school education. Left to my own devices, I was a 12,560 word bastard at best, but thanks to the nuns, I'm a 26,300 word powerhouse. !!!! I feel somewhat nonplussed about this.
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Posted: 2/15/2012 5:55:33 PM EDT
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Quoted: They call cigarettes fags for crying out loud. They smoke fags? That sounds inhumane and brutal... |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 5:56:26 PM EDT
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British people talk like fags, and their shit's all retarded. My first wife was tarded. Now she's a pilot |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 5:57:44 PM EDT
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yeah but you cant understand a damn thing they say with all the slang and shit Very true. Same with the Aussies.
Canadians too
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Posted: 2/15/2012 5:58:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/15/2012 5:59:52 PM EDT
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And do they have to " Press One for English " there? and "press 2 for Farsi, press 3 for Arabic, ...... |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 6:01:53 PM EDT
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I fold...lol |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 6:02:50 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/15/2012 6:03:40 PM EDT
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My wife just scored 38,800 on that online test. I expected her to have a much better grasp on vocabulary than I.
Each page had different questions, the last one even asked her zip code, number of years at college, etc. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 6:04:10 PM EDT
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Quoted: 2000 sounds awfully low. I'm skeptical. Likewise, let's see the 6000 words |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 6:05:40 PM EDT
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I'm sure there are folks who are bringing the average way down.
I can't understand any of those 6,000 words if they're cockney. Well, it depends on who you axe. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 6:11:17 PM EDT
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Ever fucking heard a fucking Canadian talk? Half of our fucking vocabulary is the word ''fuck'' I'm dying laughing at this fucking statement. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 6:21:03 PM EDT
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That test says 29,400. If I didn't read so much I'd say it was full of shit.
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Posted: 2/15/2012 6:21:11 PM EDT
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My vocabulary is estimated at something between 35,000 to 45,000 words. This isn't hard to achieve if you are the sort
that sticks his nose into every subject that is even REMOTELY interesting to you for even a few short minutes. I'm the sort who'd probably dominate if I got on Jeopardy. My head is so full of assorted random facts and trivial information and specialized knowledge, I'd HAVE to be on a rampage if I got on that show. When they recently put IBM's newest supercomputer on the show as a contestant against Ken Jennings, I was watching and if the show's pace was the same as the real world, I'd have won. I really should try to get on that show. It could work out very well for me. CJ |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 6:23:58 PM EDT
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32,100
I iz sad
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Posted: 2/15/2012 6:26:15 PM EDT
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guy on the radio said that the average Brit has a vocabulary of 6000 words, while the average American has a vocabulary of 2000 words. They still can't make chili that's worth a hoot. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 6:29:50 PM EDT
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I know about 1,500 words for genitals, sexual acts and human ejecta.
My guess is that I know more that 2,000 words.
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Posted: 2/15/2012 6:30:11 PM EDT
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Sounds like Americans get more shit done with less time talking about it.
Dumb like a fox, this is a win for America, we're just efficient. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 6:31:43 PM EDT
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I heard that on the radio today, and I have no idea if it's true, but they guy on the radio said that the average Brit has a vocabulary of 6000 words, while the average American has a vocabulary of 2000 words. I know it's a day past Brit-bash Tuesday, but I have to ask my fellow Americans: ARE WE GOING TO LET THIS TRAVESTY STAND?
meh |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 6:31:56 PM EDT
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Quoted: I know about 1,500 words for genitals, sexual acts and human ejecta. My guess is that I know more that 2,000 words. I don't know about that, I've met a few dudes that probably do know 1,500 words for genitals and sex acts, and probably have a total vocabulary of less than 1,700 words. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 6:35:38 PM EDT
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Hellz nah!
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Posted: 2/15/2012 6:51:05 PM EDT
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38,800
Step up Arfcom. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 7:01:02 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/15/2012 7:01:58 PM EDT
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[url=http://testyourvocab.com/?r=1611730]http://testyourvocab.com/?r=1611730[/url]
I MAY know 29,000 words but I can't post it here 
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Posted: 2/15/2012 7:04:26 PM EDT
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I heard that on the radio today, and I have no idea if it's true, but they guy on the radio said that the average Brit has a vocabulary of 6000 words, while the average American has a vocabulary of 2000 words. I know it's a day past Brit-bash Tuesday, but I have to ask my fellow Americans: ARE WE GOING TO LET THIS TRAVESTY STAND?
Yes. It just proves that the Brits are not as efficient with the English language as we are. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 7:06:02 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/15/2012 7:10:52 PM EDT
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Klingon doesn't count toward the total, nerd. |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 7:21:51 PM EDT
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I posted in the UK HTF asking them to exolain this faggotry. Apparently, they're all asleep or something since none of them have posted in here yet. How rude is that?
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Posted: 2/15/2012 7:23:48 PM EDT
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Ever fucking heard a fucking Canadian talk? Half of our fucking vocabulary is the word ''fuck'' Eh? |
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Posted: 2/15/2012 7:28:09 PM EDT
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If I couldn't think of the exact definition of the word I didn't select it. There were several words that I have read and sorta understand from context but I didn't select them. Still, I think the results are at best a rough estimate.
That Shakespeare dude sure knew a lot of words. Some of them completely made up by him. Do those count?
I know hundreds if not thousands of technical engineering and programming words too. Does malloc and strcpy count? 
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Posted: 2/15/2012 7:32:44 PM EDT
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Quoted: I posted in the UK HTF asking them to exolain this faggotry. Apparently, they're all asleep or something since none of them have posted in here yet. How rude is that? They're probably convening an emergency meeting with their barristers and the Chancellor of the Exchequer to devise a response. Faygs. |
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