Improve vocabulary and feed people.

wil · 02-12-2008, 09:22 PM

Ok so want to easily improve your vocabulary?

Or how about provide some rice to the needy of the world?

How about both?

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FreeRice

have fun.

in five sessions I moved up 4 levels. They say rarely do folks score over 48 out of 55 levels.

I'm wondering who here will be the first to go over (and stay consistently over ) 48.

I've got some ideas...

ps. I'm not close.

Still thinking · 02-12-2008, 09:54 PM

That's pretty cool - my highest so far is 40.

Pathless · 02-13-2008, 08:27 AM

Good stuff. My highest is 43. After a while, my brain starts to droop.

Snoopy · 02-13-2008, 09:49 AM

VOCAB LEVEL: 48
YOUR BEST LEVEL: 49
You have now donated
1500 grains of rice.

1500 isn't much is it? That was like playing Call My Bluff. And that isn't how you spell speciality. Bloody Americans. Sorry. I stopped cos I decided it was never going to end...

s.

17th Angel · 02-13-2008, 09:54 AM

It's crap :\ lol game wise... You get one wrong you go down a point... To claim that point back you need to get 3 or 4 correct......

I just wanted to get the people a 1,000 grams of rice...

Poor people... Then I saw Wil said no one gets over 48... lol.... How can I not? That is a challange.... Right to MY face! I decided to stop at a round number.... Pain in the buttocks getting there, but was worth it lol....

wil · 02-13-2008, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by 17th Angel

It's crap :\ lol game wise... You get one wrong you go down a point... To claim that point back you need to get 3 or 4 correct......

I just wanted to get the people a 1,000 grams of rice...

Poor people... Then I saw Wil said no one gets over 48... lol.... How can I not? That is a challange.... Right to MY face! I decided to stop at a round number.... Pain in the buttocks getting there, but was worth it lol....

Namaste 17th and Snoop...broke through their barrier not that I wouldn't have expected it!!

Now I didn't say no one, I said they said rarely...and youse guys are rare! (or folks that frequent this site are...)

Ya done good, it isn't how many you score, (grains of rice that is) it is your participation in the total, which is AWESOME (meaning wonderful, great)

Actually I think the method they are using is this new algorithm which finds your level accurately and quickly. In 10 questions they get you pretty close to an accurate vocabulary level, in a written test it would take a hundred questions to find out where you are.

But as you take the test for a longer period of time your neurons begin firing into the old memory banks of word origins and all you've acquired and you begin to make good choice about words you actually don't know the meaning to if asked on the street. So your score slowly but steadily raises.

Yeah, us yanks don't spell the way you do on that side of the pond. Go ahead make up your own game and send'em fish and chips!

17th Angel · 02-13-2008, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by wil

Now I didn't say no one, I said they said rarely...and youse guys are rare! (or folks that frequent this site are...)

Well that is what that test said in another thread in the lounge

Freaking mastermind baby!

Quote:

Originally Posted by wil

Ya done good, it isn't how many you score, (grains of rice that is) it is your participation in the total, which is AWESOME (meaning wonderful, great)

It all adds up eh?!?

Quote:

Originally Posted by wil

Yeah, us yanks don't spell the way you do on that side of the pond. Go ahead make up your own game and send'em fish and chips!

I did notice some errors... But, there is no need to point them out....

I had fish and chips last night.... lol.

Snoopy · 02-13-2008, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by wil

chips!

Now that France has been identified as a part of the Axis of Evil; haven't French fries been redesignated as Patriotic fries or some such crap? Or do real Americans just not even eat the repulsive, cowardly, back sliding things with their burgers any more?

s.

Still thinking · 02-13-2008, 02:44 PM

We eat fries. The White House cafeteria re-named them Freedom Fries. (barf - don't get me started). I don't know anyone who calls them French fries, they're just fries.

17th Angel · 02-13-2008, 02:50 PM

Freedom fries.... It's a freaking sliced potato..... Come on lol.....

Snoopy · 02-13-2008, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Still thinking

(barf - don't get me started).

No, please do!

Quote:

I don't know anyone who calls them French fries, they're just fries.

So why would they need re-naming, if no-one called them French fries in the first place?

What about French dressing? Is that now Democracy dressing?

s.

17th Angel · 02-13-2008, 03:21 PM

Why are they called freaking french fries when they were "invented" if you can call it that lol.... In Belgium...

Snoopy · 02-13-2008, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 17th Angel

Why are they called freaking french fries when they were "invented" if you can call it that lol.... In Belgium...

help yourself...

What is the origin of the word French Fries? - Yahoo! Answers

with, or without mayonnaise...

s.

wil · 02-13-2008, 03:43 PM

They are still called french fries or fries and yes folks 'round here get quite weird sometimes...

but we eat the piss out of them they are our number one and two largest consumed vegetables. Fries and Ketchup give most Americans their entire daily vegetable intake.

Snoopy · 02-13-2008, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by wil

Fries and Ketchup give most Americans their entire daily vegetable intake.

Gross.

Literally, I imagine.

s.

02-12-2008, 09:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
wil UNeyeR1 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Maryland Posts: 5,649	Improve vocabulary and feed people. Ok so want to easily improve your vocabulary? Or how about provide some rice to the needy of the world? How about both? the value of the internet, click thru advertising money!! FreeRice have fun. in five sessions I moved up 4 levels. They say rarely do folks score over 48 out of 55 levels. I'm wondering who here will be the first to go over (and stay consistently over ) 48. I've got some ideas... ps. I'm not close.

02-12-2008, 09:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
Still thinking and still no conclusions Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Northern Plains Posts: 59	Re: Improve vocabulary and feed people. That's pretty cool - my highest so far is 40.

02-13-2008, 08:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
Pathless Wannabe Farmer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Earth Posts: 2,076	Re: Improve vocabulary and feed people. Good stuff. My highest is 43. After a while, my brain starts to droop.

02-13-2008, 09:49 AM	#4 (permalink)
Snoopy here and now Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,785	Re: Improve vocabulary and feed people. VOCAB LEVEL: 48 YOUR BEST LEVEL: 49 You have now donated 1500 grains of rice. 1500 isn't much is it? That was like playing Call My Bluff. And that *isn't* how you spell speciality. Bloody Americans. Sorry. I stopped cos I decided it was never going to end... s.

02-13-2008, 09:54 AM	#5 (permalink)
17th Angel Where is the Love??? Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Adolescence Posts: 4,244	Re: Improve vocabulary and feed people. It's crap :\ lol game wise... You get one wrong you go down a point... To claim that point back you need to get 3 or 4 correct...... I just wanted to get the people a 1,000 grams of rice... Poor people... Then I saw Wil said no one gets over 48... lol.... How can I not? That is a challange.... Right to MY face! I decided to stop at a round number.... Pain in the buttocks getting there, but was worth it lol....

02-13-2008, 02:44 PM	#9 (permalink)
Still thinking and still no conclusions Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Northern Plains Posts: 59	Re: Improve vocabulary and feed people. We eat fries. The White House cafeteria re-named them Freedom Fries. (barf - don't get me started). I don't know anyone who calls them French fries, they're just fries.

02-13-2008, 02:50 PM	#10 (permalink)
17th Angel Where is the Love??? Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Adolescence Posts: 4,244	Re: Improve vocabulary and feed people. Freedom fries.... It's a freaking sliced potato..... Come on lol.....

02-13-2008, 03:21 PM	#12 (permalink)
17th Angel Where is the Love??? Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Adolescence Posts: 4,244	Re: Improve vocabulary and feed people. Why are they called freaking french fries when they were "invented" if you can call it that lol.... In Belgium...

02-13-2008, 03:43 PM	#14 (permalink)
wil UNeyeR1 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Maryland Posts: 5,649	Re: Improve vocabulary and feed people. They are still called french fries or fries and yes folks 'round here get quite weird sometimes... but we eat the piss out of them they are our number one and two largest consumed vegetables. Fries and Ketchup give most Americans their entire daily vegetable intake.

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