This quiz purports to reveal how many of the 100 most common English words you can type in 5 minutes, but it doesn't say how it came up with this particular list. It's fun anyhow, and I got 61 of 'em. I missed a few really easy ones, and I was surprised to see that others weren't included.
Hint #1: If you start typing a long word that happens to have the same beginning as a shorter word, the latter will be accepted, but you can then type the longer word again—for instance, if you start typing "butter," it will accept "butt" and then you'll have to go back and type "butter."
Hint #2: Neither "butt" nor "butter" are on the list.
(via Language Hat)
Love this! I only got 41, though.
Posted by: Debra Hamel | August 06, 2008 at 11:55 AM
I took it early in the morning with just a few mouthfuls of coffee. I feel very slow now....
Posted by: Liz | August 07, 2008 at 08:24 AM
I got 48. Sadly, "yes" did not make the list, but "no" did.
Posted by: califmom | August 13, 2008 at 02:50 AM