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DarknessDeku
Title: Deku Scrub
Joined: Dec 08 2007
Location: The Forest
Posts: 3285
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Do you find yourself using the same words over and over again?
Whenever somebody shows me something and I like it, I always say that's awesome. Also in chat, whenever somebody says something funny, I always have to type either lol or lmao. God damn I need a dictionary.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 11244
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I feel as though my vocabulary is about a 7/10 for an adult.
I definitely get my ass kicked when it comes to professional terms, but as far as general language, I can keep up with almost anyone. It really sucks when you get into a meeting and the person running it is a vocabulary wiz and uses big words just to make everyone else feel stupid.
And yes, there are people who use words that are so rare that even Not Sure doesn't have them in his dictionary files.
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anorexorcist
Title: Polar Bear
Joined: May 21 2008
Location: The Cock and Plucket
Posts: 2131
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For my age and friend group, I'd give myself a 9/10. You know your vocab is alright when a routine talk with someone leaves them asking you what every other word means.
Overall, I don't know where my vocab is at, maybe a 7.5 or 8/10, it really depends. I don't tend to need to use words multiple times too often.
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Ba'al
Title: Zerg Zergling
Joined: Mar 02 2008
Location: Uranus
Posts: 2286
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I do tend to use longer words at times to be funny like "credulous", "fantastical", or "discombobulated" at times, but otherwise my vocab is pretty normal for a 19 year old, minus the repetition of the f-bomb and use of the n-word.
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Thorinair
Title: Sophisticated as Hell
Joined: Jul 02 2008
Location: Limbo, doing the limbo
Posts: 349
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Compared to my peers I would rank my vocabulary at atleast an 8.75/10
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docinsano
Title: Boner King
Joined: Jan 08 2008
Location: Mpls Mini Soda
Posts: 2314
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I don't know, you tell me. I try to mix up my vocab to keep is fresh, but soon familiar patterns may emerge... Blargg....... But one thing I tend to avoid is really piss poor short hand and internet speak. That stuff is so 1997. In normal conversation I usually don't fall into some patterns others do, like saying the f word every sentence and stuff like that. Yeah, that's it.
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SoldierHawk
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Title: Warrior-Poet
Joined: Jan 15 2009
Location: San Diego, CA
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I'd say mine is pretty high. I also tend to *use* it (a habit that's sometimes good, sometimes bad) because I read and write so much. Words are just a part of my life.
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JRA
Joined: Sep 17 2007
Location: The Opium Trail
Posts: 3475
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My vocabulary is fucking terrible. I give myself a 2/10.
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Not Sure
Too Good At 2D Games
Title: Master of the Universe
Joined: Dec 03 2007
Posts: 1767
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MOGHARR
Title: The Original CandyWafer
Joined: Apr 05 2007
Location: Under Jolly Roger
Posts: 2718
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I don't talk much so it sucks.
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TheRoboSleuth
Title: Sleuth Mark IV
Joined: Aug 08 2006
Location: The Gritty Future
Posts: 2739
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I'm a reader, which means a few things:
1. My vocabulary is worse than I would like it to be; using a word in normal conversation is far more effective learning wise than reading it.
2. When i do break out a word, its often mangled pronunciation-wise.
3. My vocabulary is nevertheless above average.
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Lottel
Title: of the Eternal BWOG
Joined: Sep 02 2008
Posts: 1123
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Well, when I talk I tend to use smaller, faster words. Mostly because I hate talking.
Typing is completely different. When typing on forums I often use a larger vocabulary than I do when talking but when I am typing a story or part of my DnD campaigns or really any thing longer than a few paragraphs, I up the vocabulary used to make it seem more artful.
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Hacker
Banned
Joined: Sep 13 2008
Posts: 3129
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Whenever a request is asked of me ( not on this site ) I have a tendency to say "no problem"
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SoldierHawk
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Title: Warrior-Poet
Joined: Jan 15 2009
Location: San Diego, CA
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| hacker wrote: |
| Whenever a request is asked of me ( not on this site ) I have a tendency to say "no problem" |
I do the same thing.
I also have an almost unbreakable habit of calling older guys sir, and women ma'me (probably left over from my days as a customer service rep at Target.) I can't tell you how many push-ups I ended up doing in boot camp for calling one of the Sergeants "sir" or "ma'me" out of habit...
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Cameron
Title: :O � O:
Joined: Feb 01 2008
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 4637
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My vocabulary is proficient and articulate. 6 out of 10.
Words/phrases I have a tendency of repeating:
"Guilty as charged."
"What can I say?"
"I don't want your sex."
"Pretty sneaky, sis."
"I have a tendency of (insert habit here)."
"If I saw you drowning in a river, I would turn around and walk away."
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Valdronius
Moderator
Title: SydLexia COO
Joined: Aug 22 2005
Location: The Great White North
Posts: 4464
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My vernacular is very verbose. I also overuse annoying aliteration.
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Greg the White
Joined: Apr 09 2008
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 3112
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I'm alright. I have this problem (literally, went to counseling and all that) where I HATE repetition, and will get very annoyed if I find myself using the same phrase or repeating myself, so I always try to find different words and terms for things. I also have my parents to thank for keeping me from being an idiot who just swears in every sentence. I used to get smacked if I said swore when I was little, not because it was "wrong" or something, but because my parents didn't want me to be one of those annoying guys who say the word "fuck" in every sentence.
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Tyop
Title: Grammar Nazi
Joined: May 04 2008
Location: Sauerkrautland
Posts: 1414
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My English vocabulary used to be really small, but I managed to embiggen it drastically by watching The Simpsons. It's pretty cromulent now.
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lavalarva
2011 SNES Champ
Joined: Dec 04 2006
Posts: 1929
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Not very good. I need to find synonyms for "use" and "think", and probably for a bunch of words. I also have trouble with pronunciation. I mumble quite often, and there are words I don't know how to pronounce (gwess). I've tried for 10 years to pronounce that damn W in "Write" before someone told me it was mute. Rrwhite
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Rycona
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Title: The Maestro
Joined: Nov 01 2005
Location: Away from Emerald Weapon
Posts: 2815
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My vocbrew-airy is descent, butt I wood laik to a-chief sumting butter... er, better.
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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| My English vocabulary used to be really small, but I managed to embiggen it drastically by watching The Simpsons. It's pretty cromulent now. |
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Dr. Jeebus
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Title: SLF Harbinger of Death
Joined: Sep 03 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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The average person has a vocabulary of 30,000-40,000 words, and a vocabulary of 60,000+ words is considered exemplary, if I remember correctly.
My vocabulary is pretty big, but a lot of it is also filled with technical/industry/useless words. And like most people, my speaking vocabulary is significantly smaller, though I'll through in the occasional big word.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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Does a vocabulary count as words you know or words you use?
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DarknessDeku
Title: Deku Scrub
Joined: Dec 08 2007
Location: The Forest
Posts: 3285
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| GPFontaine wrote: |
| Does a vocabulary count as words you know or words you use? |
For this topic, I'd say words you use.
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Dr. Jeebus
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| GPFontaine wrote: |
| Does a vocabulary count as words you know or words you use? |
For this topic I think words you use, but in terms of the numbers I was quoting, words you know.
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