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What counts as "English vocabulary"? I definitely don't count the name of the currency of Malaysia. It seems like they're relying on random selection from thefr
by ebg13 7y ago
What counts as "English vocabulary"? I definitely don't count the name of the currency of Malaysia. It seems like they're relying on random selection from thefreedictionary and user feedback, but their take on "English word" vs "other language that happens to use the Latin alphabet" differs from mine.
- wincy 7y agoI got “gaucho” and that scored as an English word. I’m not sure I’ve ever heard it used other than to talk about Spanish speaking cowboys.
- ebg13 7y agoOn a second run I got Barras (French baras) n (Biography) Paul François Jean Nicolas, Vicomte de Barras. 1755–1829, French revolutionary: member of the Directory (1795–99) Rigorous methodology this is not.
- joezydeco 7y agoI got "halal". Definitely a word you hear as an English speaker, but not a word that came from English. I have a feeling Scrabble players do well on this test.
- Ma8ee 7y agoWhat does "came from English" even mean? At some point all the words in English came from something else, like French, Latin or old Norse.
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- qwsxyh 7y agohalal is a loanword.
- joezydeco 7y agoYeah that's what I was getting at. Kind of like what the Germans call "denglish".