English only in public parts!

DarkOne · February 14, 2014, 03:49 PM

Let's see how good everybody is at english here

http://vocabulary.ugent.be/ some of these words positively look made up, but apparently do exist

Statik · February 14, 2014, 03:52 PM

maybe "Only english in public parts"?

DarkOne · February 14, 2014, 04:02 PM

Works just as well

I got 71% and 77% on my first 2 tries. Approved some non-words on my way there

Rok · February 14, 2014, 04:23 PM

77%/0%

I'd say this overestimates the knowledge of english words, at least mine. I don't consider words as `ischemic` and `polydactyl` as "truly" english.

HHC · February 14, 2014, 05:13 PM

57%

Didnt even get a deduction

Xrayez · February 14, 2014, 05:36 PM

31%

I think it is pretty good result for a 19-ager

And thanks for the link

Random00 · February 14, 2014, 06:00 PM

56%

Prankster · February 14, 2014, 06:49 PM

66% (69 % yes to existing - 3% yes to nonexisting words). it says this is a fairly high level for a native speaker

@Statik: "English only" sounds more right to my ears than the other way.

Statik · February 14, 2014, 07:04 PM

for me it sounded like "english in public parts only"

I think it depends on emphasis, but maybe it's not correct to put "only" after "english" if you mean what I said

SPW · February 14, 2014, 07:32 PM

47%. Some words didnt even sounds english to me.

Edit, ah its on purpose. Good I didnt click them

Prankster · February 14, 2014, 08:22 PM

Quote from: Statik on February 14, 2014, 07:04 PM
for me it sounded like "english in public parts only" I think it depends on emphasis, but maybe it's not correct to put "only" after "english" if you mean what I said

Yeah, I see that. However, if you look at "English only" as a phrase, it sounds correct.

MeTonaTOR · February 14, 2014, 08:52 PM

BEAT ME xD

You said yes to 53% of the existing words.

You said yes to 13% of the nonwords.

This gives you a corrected score of 53% - 13% = 40%.

SpideR · February 14, 2014, 09:15 PM

48%, nice test

Casso · February 14, 2014, 10:10 PM

49%

You said yes to 56% of the existing words.
You said yes to 7% of the nonwords.

Ryan · February 14, 2014, 11:05 PM

59