How many words do you know

Interesting little test that estimates how many (English language) words you know.

I'll be honest: I only know 26,600. Roughly as literate as the average fence post. :P

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Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.

Albert Einstein

I crashed the site :(

Probably all of us did.

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I pulled the link off of a much larger forum so maybe, all involved, have created an unintentional denial-of-service attack. :O

Anyway, it seems to be back, at least for now.

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Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.

Albert Einstein

Worked for me, 34,000.

Your total vocabulary size is estimated to be:
10,000 words.

If 26,000 is being as literate as the average fence post, then I guess 10,000 is like a nail hammered into that fence post :-(

And now I'd better shut up...

But assuming English is not your first language the site says;

Anything much beyond 10,000 words generally only comes from living abroad in an English-speaking country for a significant period of time, or else spending tremendous amounts of one's own time exposed to English media (books, sitcoms, movies, etc.).

26,600 words...Not very good, CRAP!

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I Desire Peace and Justice, Jim Scott (Mod-Ret.)

Your total vocabulary size is estimated to be:
32,400
words

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Oh dear, this is a tad embarassing, I only managed 43.5 thousand...

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

26,600 words...Not very good, CRAP!

There you go, see. A friend of mine, college tutor, has a saying he uses frequently.

If you cannot express yourself without swearing,
keep your *Q6kz7 mouth closed.

Thanks for being a part of the 'big electron'.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

34,900. A lot of the words on the list are not originally English.

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Ever notice my 'english'?
My use of capitols and simple marks, when I am not drinking?

I am not an idiot..........lest some think otherwise..

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

38,500

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Sometimes you don't even have to say them out loud.......

Longest laugh in TV history........Lucy-x

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

26,800....plus I know a few words that aren't in the dictionary. :)

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33,500 but that only includes non medical terms. add about 10-20k more for that

still not bad considering that the average is around 31k for 30+ y/o adult

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes Of Sinope

Words.........ahem.
They are prat and parcel of who I am.
I parse them out kindly when I can.

And disburse them at random when I am not in my right mind.
Or left.

I have often discussed and been banned for..........my use of them.

Or the use of terms bandied about in my youth that are no longer considered 'politically correct'.


Go on and chastise me......if you will..
I shall continue to use and abuse the King's English, as it were.....
And all other forms I can utilize,.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

I was told to not be so damned wordy when I was a teen because it really confused my classmates

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes Of Sinope

32,200, but as the Reigning Pun Queen I have to say that it is not the words you know, but how you use them!