alt Hacker NewsThat was fun. Bit confused by the result because it says I was "wow are you stephen fry?" Which I assume meant I did decent. (72K).
But then below it said "you are a man of few words".
I take it the latter is just because I've only done the test once? But it's mixed messaging on first attempt I think.
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Combined with the factoid it features under "how is this calculated":
However, most native speakers have an active vocabulary between 15,000 and 35,000 words.
> stephen fry
"May I compartmentalise? I hate to, but may I? may I?"
"Hold the newsreader's nose squarely, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers"
"...saying the same weary things time after weary time: I love you. Don't go in there. Get out. You have no right to say that. Stop that. Why should I. That hurt. Help. Marjorie is dead"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MWpHQQ-wQg (fantastic sketch!)
Maybe "few words" means your larger vocabulary lets you use a single word to represent a concept that someone else would need several words to say. But the conversation ends up longer when the other person asks you to define the obscure word you just used.