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my current addiction
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:06 am
by _asbestosman
With my partial inferiority complex and all, I was looking for ways to learn more English when I came across the following site.
http://freerice.com
Re: my current addiction
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:03 pm
by _KimberlyAnn
I just wasted way to much time doing that, Abman, but what a lot of fun!
My daughters will love it, too, especially my oldest, Courtney, the cross-word puzzle enthusiast. Lots of new vocabulary words for her to learn there.
Thanks for the link!
KA
Re: my current addiction
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 3:21 pm
by _skippy the dead
Oh man - those are some tough words. I swear some of them are made up.
Knowledge of Greek and Latin roots is definitely your friend.
Re: my current addiction
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:22 pm
by _Doctor Steuss
skippy the dead wrote:Oh man - those are some tough words. I swear some of them are made up.
Knowledge of Greek and Latin roots is definitely your friend.
True that. I can't for the life of me get higher than vocabulary level 39.
Cool site abman.
Re: my current addiction
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:44 pm
by _skippy the dead
Doctor Steuss wrote:skippy the dead wrote:Oh man - those are some tough words. I swear some of them are made up.
Knowledge of Greek and Latin roots is definitely your friend.
True that. I can't for the life of me get higher than vocabulary level 39.
Cool site abman.
I quit after 47. Seeing all those bowls of rice made me hungry for breakfast.
Re: my current addiction
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:53 pm
by _Doctor Steuss
skippy the dead wrote:I quit after 47. Seeing all those bowls of rice made me hungry for breakfast.
Damn lawyers and your fancy word knowledge...
Harrumph.
Out of curiosity (after getting 2500 grains) I looked to see how many grains were in a pound... approximately 29,000 was the number I saw most. Looks like I have a lot more playing to do.
Re: my current addiction
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:59 pm
by _skippy the dead
Doctor Steuss wrote:Out of curiosity (after getting 2500 grains) I looked to see how many grains were in a pound... approximately 29,000 was the number I saw most. Looks like I have a lot more playing to do.
Wow - that's a lot of grains per pound. My own selfish desires for a latte and english muffin left somebody with very little rice.
Re: my current addiction
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:01 pm
by _KimberlyAnn
skippy the dead wrote:I quit after 47.
Vaunter. ;)
KA
Re: my current addiction
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:37 pm
by _asbestosman
skippy the dead wrote:Oh man - those are some tough words. I swear some of them are made up.
All words are made up, with some more recent and less widespread than others. Example:
gerrymander:
[Origin: 1812, Americanism; after E. Gerry (governor of Massachusetts, whose party redistricted the state in 1812) + (sala)mander, from the fancied resemblance of the map of Essex County, Mass., to this animal, after the redistricting]
Re: my current addiction
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:39 pm
by _asbestosman
skippy the dead wrote:Doctor Steuss wrote:True that. I can't for the life of me get higher than vocabulary level 39.
Cool site abman.
I quit after 47. Seeing all those bowls of rice made me hungry for breakfast.
I'm with Steuss hovering around 39. Skippy at 47? There's only 50 levels.