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So how well do you know English?

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  • L leppie

    Do you know the 100 most common words? In 5 minutes? http://codebox.no-ip.net/controller?page=misc.QuizCommonWords[^] I dont! I got 24 :|

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    Lost User
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    The 100 most common words in whose English?

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    • L leppie

      Do you know the 100 most common words? In 5 minutes? http://codebox.no-ip.net/controller?page=misc.QuizCommonWords[^] I dont! I got 24 :|

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      Lost User
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      47 out of 100, and I'm not a native speaker. I'm quite proud of the result :)

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      • L Lost User

        The 100 most common words in whose English?

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        Dirk Higbee
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        I agree. There were a lot of words not in that list. Love being one of them. Another being goto :laugh: on a more humorous note.

        Beauty is only a light switch away.

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        • L leppie

          Do you know the 100 most common words? In 5 minutes? http://codebox.no-ip.net/controller?page=misc.QuizCommonWords[^] I dont! I got 24 :|

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          PIEBALDconsult
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          That's meta-data, not worth knowing. On the other hand, my kid used to watch "Between the Lions", and they had a song called "Ten Little Words", which I assume are the ten most common. After hearing it for the ump-teenth time I wrote them down: A The Is That You Of In And It To

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          • L leppie

            Do you know the 100 most common words? In 5 minutes? http://codebox.no-ip.net/controller?page=misc.QuizCommonWords[^] I dont! I got 24 :|

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            Jorgen Sigvardsson
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            I got 46 :)

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            • L leppie

              Do you know the 100 most common words? In 5 minutes? http://codebox.no-ip.net/controller?page=misc.QuizCommonWords[^] I dont! I got 24 :|

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              Paul Conrad
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              38 out of 100.

              "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon

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              • L leppie

                Do you know the 100 most common words? In 5 minutes? http://codebox.no-ip.net/controller?page=misc.QuizCommonWords[^] I dont! I got 24 :|

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                AlphaMatrix
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                Clearly not as well as I should like to think :-( 30 (I am ashamed)

                "I know you believe you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize what you heard is not what I meant."

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                • G Gary R Wheeler

                  Pah. The site's buggy. It doesn't let you enter a complete word before it starts jumping the cursor around. I fucking hate sites that don't manage the focus properly, or clear edit fields that you've already entered stuff into.

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                  Fold With Us![^]

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                  Paul Conrad
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                  I found that very annoying, too. I also question the approach to determining how well someone knows their English based on the system they did.

                  "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon

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                  • L leppie

                    Do you know the 100 most common words? In 5 minutes? http://codebox.no-ip.net/controller?page=misc.QuizCommonWords[^] I dont! I got 24 :|

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                    Chris Losinger
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                    wife and i, playing together, got 50

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                    • D Dirk Higbee

                      I agree. There were a lot of words not in that list. Love being one of them. Another being goto :laugh: on a more humorous note.

                      Beauty is only a light switch away.

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                      Paul Conrad
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                      I agree. I don't think it was a very accurate approach at determining how good a person's English skills are.

                      "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon

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                      • L leppie

                        Do you know the 100 most common words? In 5 minutes? http://codebox.no-ip.net/controller?page=misc.QuizCommonWords[^] I dont! I got 24 :|

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                        Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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                        38. They're so damned obvious after you see them.

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                        Sig history "You're an idiot." John Simmons, THE Outlaw programmer "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon Unix is a Four Letter Word, and Vi is a Two Letter Abbreviation

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                        • L leppie

                          Do you know the 100 most common words? In 5 minutes? http://codebox.no-ip.net/controller?page=misc.QuizCommonWords[^] I dont! I got 24 :|

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                          Colin Angus Mackay
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                          I got 38 out of a hundred - And I thought I doing well... I got most of the possessives and prepositions which seem to make up a fair chunk of the words.

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                          • L leppie

                            Do you know the 100 most common words? In 5 minutes? http://codebox.no-ip.net/controller?page=misc.QuizCommonWords[^] I dont! I got 24 :|

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                            Tim Deveaux
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                            Almost, but not quite, 42.

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                            • L leppie

                              Do you know the 100 most common words? In 5 minutes? http://codebox.no-ip.net/controller?page=misc.QuizCommonWords[^] I dont! I got 24 :|

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                              Yusuf
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                              35 :(

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                              • C Chris Losinger

                                wife and i, playing together, got 50

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                                Yusuf
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                                that is cheating, so 50 / 2 = 25 ;P

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                                • C Colin Angus Mackay

                                  I got 38 out of a hundred - And I thought I doing well... I got most of the possessives and prepositions which seem to make up a fair chunk of the words.

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                                  leppie
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                                  Colin Angus Mackay wrote:

                                  And I thought I doing well...

                                  So you missed 'was' ? ;P

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                                  • L leppie

                                    Do you know the 100 most common words? In 5 minutes? http://codebox.no-ip.net/controller?page=misc.QuizCommonWords[^] I dont! I got 24 :|

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                                    dan sh
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                                    I got 57 and I am Indian ie my native language is not english. Still the site is crap if you are judging someone's english.

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                                    • L leppie

                                      Colin Angus Mackay wrote:

                                      And I thought I doing well...

                                      So you missed 'was' ? ;P

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                                      Colin Angus Mackay
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                                      :doh:

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                                      • L leppie

                                        Do you know the 100 most common words? In 5 minutes? http://codebox.no-ip.net/controller?page=misc.QuizCommonWords[^] I dont! I got 24 :|

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                                        MidwestLimey
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                                        50 .. woohoo, sadly that seems high :D


                                        I'm largely language agnostic


                                        After a while they all bug me :doh:


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                                        • L leppie

                                          Do you know the 100 most common words? In 5 minutes? http://codebox.no-ip.net/controller?page=misc.QuizCommonWords[^] I dont! I got 24 :|

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                                          shiftedbitmonkey
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                                          40, just couldn't think of all those little words... Hmmm... interesting, second language people use those more so I think that's why they get a better score, the more common words are the backbone of their initial vocabulary where as we have quite a pile to sort through.

                                          I've heard more said about less.

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