I had nothing better to do, so I had the nieces take the Test Your Vocabulary test

[conuly]

Ana approximates 12,600 words, Eva 10,900 words. I remain steady at a zillion! (Okay, 39,500, but what are the odds I'm exaggerating*?)

(And now their vocabularies are slightly higher because I told them the more common words they didn't know. Interestingly, my insistence on etymology is paying off, they both tried to parse "reproach" as "like approach, but re- means maybe the other way, or again?" and "stead" as "Well, I know instead/steady!")

The people who run the site need more information from children and general non-readers, so a. make your kids do it and b. if you want to spread it around again, try sharing the link with those in your life who don't have their noses in books all the time :)

http://testyourvocab.com/

* Not that high, actually. The odds, that is. Great vocabulary, still awful at expressing myself in footnotes and parentheticals.

Comments

[janewilliams20]

36,700 here. I see I need to read a dictionary or two.

[tsukikage85.livejournal.com]

I'm at 22,300, which puts me below the 30th percentile for people of my age who have taken this test.

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

I got 40,900 - missed 13 words. LOL, I went back afterward and looked them all up.

The people in my life who don't have their noses in books all the time don't hang out online either, or if they do, it's only to look at Facebook and play games.