For etymologists 11 Jun 2004 | § 4 Johno Now I need a nap.. I got 172/200. Beat that, I dare ya! Posted by Johno on Fri 11 Jun 2004 | § 4 § 4 Comments 163/200. Um, how much of 1 163/200. Um, how much of that was English? 12 Jun 2004 | 00:20 GuitarPicker All of it (I think!) if you 2 All of it (I think!) if you allow that English is an eminently fungible, perfectly catholic tongue which seamlessly incorporates loan words, neologisms, and misappropriations. 12 Jun 2004 | 00:57 Johno 155/200 - I must not be 3 155/200 - I must not be reading enough. Then again, I swear, some of those weren't real words! *winky* 12 Jun 2004 | 01:51 Mapgirl 158/200. And I'm not certain 4 158/200. And I'm not certain that I care about the ones I missed. Because I read plenty. You're right, though - it's a tiresome test to take. GP: a small-but-still-meaningful chunk of it wasn't English. Which I think was the point. 12 Jun 2004 | 11:35 Patton [ You're too late, comments are closed ]
163/200. Um, how much of 1 163/200. Um, how much of that was English? 12 Jun 2004 | 00:20 GuitarPicker
All of it (I think!) if you 2 All of it (I think!) if you allow that English is an eminently fungible, perfectly catholic tongue which seamlessly incorporates loan words, neologisms, and misappropriations. 12 Jun 2004 | 00:57 Johno
155/200 - I must not be 3 155/200 - I must not be reading enough. Then again, I swear, some of those weren't real words! *winky* 12 Jun 2004 | 01:51 Mapgirl
158/200. And I'm not certain 4 158/200. And I'm not certain that I care about the ones I missed. Because I read plenty. You're right, though - it's a tiresome test to take. GP: a small-but-still-meaningful chunk of it wasn't English. Which I think was the point. 12 Jun 2004 | 11:35 Patton
163/200. Um, how much of
163/200. Um, how much of that was English?
All of it (I think!) if you
All of it (I think!) if you allow that English is an eminently fungible, perfectly catholic tongue which seamlessly incorporates loan words, neologisms, and misappropriations.
155/200 - I must not be
155/200 - I must not be reading enough. Then again, I swear, some of those weren't real words! *winky*
158/200. And I'm not certain
158/200. And I'm not certain that I care about the ones I missed. Because I read plenty.
You're right, though - it's a tiresome test to take.
GP: a small-but-still-meaningful chunk of it wasn't English. Which I think was the point.