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How many of the 100 most commonly used words in the English language can you think of in five minutes? Try this.
Only got 33 myself. :o Thought "OK" or "okay" was the most commonly used word in the English language but it doesn't appear on the lis.!:confused:
http://codebox.no-ip.net/controller?...uizCommonWords
45. Good qui. No key on this keyboard.
35.
Can't believe I didn't get more looking back.
I got 35/50 of the largest countries in the world. Probably have got one or two more if I could spell. 26/46 in the English counties. Impressed with that.
47.
Interesting quiz. A bit annoting the way it immediately inserts the word. I was typing in "now", but it registered as "no". I didn't notice it, so didn't get it.
41...passed a few minutes
32.. gahh!
45. Surely Hello or hi must be common?
25. :( :eek:
47.
Hello or Hi would be very common in that everyone would use them, but they would only be used once in a given conversation though, unlike that or at or then or whatever... presume that's why they're not there.
Logical thinking Stan but I would've thought they've compiled the list based on written rather than verbal communications, simply because I hope no-one has been listening to my conversations and recording the incidence of certain words. If they have then I can only assume 'f*ck' and other such wonderful words will feature heavily. I'll try the game now.
Yeah no vulgarities in the list so probably written language alright. Or else the sampled people were very well spoken.
Anyway, somewhat bizarrely I also got 47! Amazing how many obvious ones you miss. Still, if I'm level with a language-expert like Osarusan I can be happy enough with myself.
Language expert? Not at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by kingdom hoop
Anyhow, the more I thought about it, the more I'm sceptical of that list. I'd love to see where the research was done, and by whom.
49 Bozos!
35 in the countries, but mispelt Libya, so missed out on 36
:o :(Quote:
Originally Posted by superfrank
Woohoo! Just got 43 in the countries so I think that means I beat you on aggregate. (who knew Burma and Central African Republic were big, and Yemen ffs? I did miss Turkey though.. :o)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bluebeard
What a weekend though - UCD beat Galway, Kerry beat Galway, Harrington wins the golf, and now, best of all, I've beaten Bluebeard in the language/geography challenge. :cool:
The only one that really surprised me (that I can recall) was 'water'. Even if water is everywhere (including 90% of your brain) I thought that one was a little strange.Quote:
Originally Posted by osarusan
There's a Wikipedia page on the issue that you may find to be more authoritative. :)
Curses, foiled again. And I'd thought I'd done OK in the geography:mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by kingdom hoop
Vengeance shall be mine!
Got 39. Decent enough. I missed out on Madagascar. I never knew it was the world's 4th largest island!
Wow, snap again, 43 also! Although that included Yemen after an, ahem... anonymous tip off! :o :D