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The vocab test is "do you know this word?". It doesn't ask you to demonstrate that you know the word. So in reality this is words people claim to know, or have

by skizm 12y ago

The vocab test is "do you know this word?". It doesn't ask you to demonstrate that you know the word. So in reality this is words people claim to know, or have heard before, not words people actually know the definition for and can use in a sentence.

jtheory 12y ago
But they do counter with real-looking non-words, and you're penalized heavily for claiming to "know" one of the non-words, so that helps the accuracy of the test. You can take the test on the site to try it -- here are some of the non-words I hit that looked real-ish (though I still clicked "no"): rebrenningly splaits mangean postock acetylative struffhold vs. some of the real words I also clicked "no" for: chrestomathy fluoxetine coffle wedel afterpiece
- skizm 12y ago
  I did not see that. That definitely helps accuracy, but doesn't eliminate the words that you have heard, but don't know the meaning or usage. I guess for a simple internet test and analysis it is probably good enough.
- asgard1024 12y ago
  As she leaned to his splaits, he looked into her mangean eyes. She started breathing rebrenningly. He slowly removed postocks from her legs. "Unzip my struffhold," she whispered into his ear. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noSOFIJdfwM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noSOFIJdfwM I have always found this aspect of human language fascinating.
- Crito 12y ago
  "rebuital" tripped me up. I read it as "rebuttal", and indicated that I knew it. Had I taken more time to read the word carefully, I would have indicated that I did not know it.
- narwally 12y ago
  Unfortunately fluoxetine would have been an easy one for me. I got the word korfball (Dutch sport similar to basketball), which is interesting because I marked that I spoke dutch as a second language. I wonder if that was thrown in to determine if I truly knew dutch or not. It also could have been in there because the study is being done by the University of Ghent, and Belgium is really the only other country where Korfball is popular.

by skizm 12y ago

jtheory 12y ago

But they do counter with real-looking non-words, and you're penalized heavily for claiming to "know" one of the non-words, so that helps the accuracy of the test. You can take the test on the site to try it -- here are some of the non-words I hit that looked real-ish (though I still clicked "no"): rebrenningly splaits mangean postock acetylative struffhold vs. some of the real words I also clicked "no" for: chrestomathy fluoxetine coffle wedel afterpiece

skizm 12y ago
I did not see that. That definitely helps accuracy, but doesn't eliminate the words that you have heard, but don't know the meaning or usage. I guess for a simple internet test and analysis it is probably good enough.
asgard1024 12y ago
As she leaned to his splaits, he looked into her mangean eyes. She started breathing rebrenningly. He slowly removed postocks from her legs. "Unzip my struffhold," she whispered into his ear. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noSOFIJdfwM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noSOFIJdfwM I have always found this aspect of human language fascinating.
Crito 12y ago
"rebuital" tripped me up. I read it as "rebuttal", and indicated that I knew it. Had I taken more time to read the word carefully, I would have indicated that I did not know it.
narwally 12y ago
Unfortunately fluoxetine would have been an easy one for me. I got the word korfball (Dutch sport similar to basketball), which is interesting because I marked that I spoke dutch as a second language. I wonder if that was thrown in to determine if I truly knew dutch or not. It also could have been in there because the study is being done by the University of Ghent, and Belgium is really the only other country where Korfball is popular.