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handmade34

(24,009 posts) Sat Aug 16, 2014, 09:50 AM Aug 2014

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"How Many...Do You Actually Know?"

fun word quiz... fun because I got an A+

http://www.playbuzz.com/jonb10/how-many-english-words-do-you-actually-know

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"How Many...Do You Actually Know?" (Original Post) handmade34 Aug 2014 OP

I stopped at #7. They confused "coarse" with "course." Glorfindel Aug 2014 #1

... handmade34 Aug 2014 #5

That wasn't in my list. Must have realized their error and replaced it. nt Fla Dem Aug 2014 #14

cool quiz.... dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #2

somewhat handmade34 Aug 2014 #7

arcane was no problem for me but dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #8

A+ for me too! Avalux Aug 2014 #3

I'm handmade34 Aug 2014 #4

A+ (27) for this long-time lover of language. Scuba Aug 2014 #6

A+ Turbineguy Aug 2014 #9

Then put them in a letter to cloudbase Aug 2014 #24

Brilliant! Turbineguy Aug 2014 #30

28/30 femmocrat Aug 2014 #10

Well maybe for you, LOL. Several I had never heard or read. Those were 2 of them. nt Fla Dem Aug 2014 #12

Oh, I made some lucky guesses, too! femmocrat Aug 2014 #13

I know you weren't . Meant to add a LOL. Fla Dem Aug 2014 #15

:-) femmocrat Aug 2014 #16

A+ 25/30 nt Fla Dem Aug 2014 #11

29/30 n/t sarge43 Aug 2014 #17

26 of 30 OriginalGeek Aug 2014 #18

funny handmade34 Aug 2014 #25

A+ missed 2 840high Aug 2014 #19

A+ here too! magical thyme Aug 2014 #20

Was "regatta" in there? Iggo Aug 2014 #21

Chan790 knows all the words. Chan790 Aug 2014 #22

26 of 30. 3catwoman3 Aug 2014 #23

that was the fun part handmade34 Aug 2014 #26

A+, but I didn't know all the words. nt ZombieHorde Aug 2014 #27

"Before I take you home I have to stop at the lubritorium"... PoliticAverse Aug 2014 #28

... handmade34 Aug 2014 #29

thanks this was fun d_r Aug 2014 #31

Congrats!!! handmade34 Aug 2014 #32

Glorfindel

(10,175 posts)

1. I stopped at #7. They confused "coarse" with "course."

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 09:57 AM

Aug 2014

handmade34

(24,009 posts)

5. ...

Reply to Glorfindel (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 10:38 AM

Aug 2014

Fla Dem

(27,612 posts)

14. That wasn't in my list. Must have realized their error and replaced it. nt

Reply to Glorfindel (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 11:19 AM

Aug 2014

dixiegrrrrl

(60,157 posts)

2. cool quiz....

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 10:20 AM

Aug 2014

some odd words in there, tho.

handmade34

(24,009 posts)

7. somewhat

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #2)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 10:39 AM

Aug 2014

"arcane"

dixiegrrrrl

(60,157 posts)

8. arcane was no problem for me but

Reply to handmade34 (Reply #7)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 10:51 AM

Aug 2014

"Bomulate" and "Jargogle" were.

Avalux

(35,015 posts)

3. A+ for me too!

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 10:21 AM

Aug 2014

That was fun, being a writer helps!

handmade34

(24,009 posts)

4. I'm

Reply to Avalux (Reply #3)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 10:38 AM

Aug 2014

just a wanna be writer

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

6. A+ (27) for this long-time lover of language.

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 10:38 AM

Aug 2014

Turbineguy

(40,037 posts)

9. A+

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 11:05 AM

Aug 2014

I should have written a few down.

cloudbase

(6,263 posts)

24. Then put them in a letter to

Reply to Turbineguy (Reply #9)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 03:05 PM

Aug 2014

DKNY

Turbineguy

(40,037 posts)

30. Brilliant!

Reply to cloudbase (Reply #24)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 04:55 PM

Aug 2014

He gets challenged just past grunting

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

10. 28/30

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 11:08 AM

Aug 2014

I missed "jiffle" and "knabble"--- seemingly easy ones! LOL

Fla Dem

(27,612 posts)

12. Well maybe for you, LOL. Several I had never heard or read. Those were 2 of them. nt

Reply to femmocrat (Reply #10)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 11:18 AM

Aug 2014

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

13. Oh, I made some lucky guesses, too!

Reply to Fla Dem (Reply #12)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 11:19 AM

Aug 2014

I wasn't being hoity-toity!

Fla Dem

(27,612 posts)

15. I know you weren't . Meant to add a LOL.

Reply to femmocrat (Reply #13)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 11:20 AM

Aug 2014

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

16. :-)

Reply to Fla Dem (Reply #15)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 11:22 AM

Aug 2014

Fla Dem

(27,612 posts)

11. A+ 25/30 nt

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 11:16 AM

Aug 2014

sarge43

(29,173 posts)

17. 29/30 n/t

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 11:40 AM

Aug 2014

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)

18. 26 of 30

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 11:42 AM

Aug 2014

but at least 3 of the correct ones were complete guesses based on one answer being toooo obvious so I picked the other. 2 of my wrong ones were the same only it WAS the obvious one.

handmade34

(24,009 posts)

25. funny

Reply to OriginalGeek (Reply #18)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 03:19 PM

Aug 2014

I do that too, sometimes... so easy it must be wrong

840high

(17,196 posts)

19. A+ missed 2

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 12:25 PM

Aug 2014

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)

20. A+ here too!

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 12:56 PM

Aug 2014

Phew! I was a marcom writer for almost 20 years. Feelin' a little pressure here to meet expectations

Iggo

(49,912 posts)

21. Was "regatta" in there?

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 01:01 PM

Aug 2014

Chan790

(20,176 posts)

22. Chan790 knows all the words.

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 02:39 PM

Aug 2014

Between being a humanities nerd and a prose writer with a love of arcane verbiage, I had this easy-peasy.

3catwoman3

(29,345 posts)

23. 26 of 30.

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 03:03 PM

Aug 2014

I was hoping for better, but the ones I missed were words I had never even seen. Shopper that I am, I am surprised I didn't know #4.

handmade34

(24,009 posts)

26. that was the fun part

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #23)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 03:20 PM

Aug 2014

making lucky guesses

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)

27. A+, but I didn't know all the words. nt

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 03:28 PM

Aug 2014

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

28. "Before I take you home I have to stop at the lubritorium"...

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 03:43 PM

Aug 2014

Things to say to scare your passenger.

handmade34

(24,009 posts)

29. ...

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #28)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 03:48 PM

Aug 2014

d_r

(6,908 posts)

31. thanks this was fun

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 04:56 PM

Aug 2014

handmade34

(24,009 posts)

32. Congrats!!!

Reply to d_r (Reply #31)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 04:59 PM

Aug 2014

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