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Test yourself!

Faith · 2006-09-25 14:38:52

Do you think you know a lot about etymology? Test yourself here!

25-09-2006 2:38pm

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Do you think you know a lot about etymology? Test yourself here!

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#2 25-09-2006 2:56pm

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I got nine out of ten.

And I cheated.

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#3 25-09-2006 3:44pm

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Hmm, 8 out of ten. I WOnder what I got wrong, this will annoy me. Well, for a minute or so.

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#4 25-09-2006 3:52pm

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4 out of 10...not bad for a novice I suppose

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#5 25-09-2006 4:47pm

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Six out of ten, twice, no cheating (shame on you, hulla). Man, I'm out of form.

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#6 25-09-2006 5:08pm

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Shame? I was being industrious.

Quizzes on the internet are redundant.

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#7 25-09-2006 5:59pm

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7/10 and I didn't cheat.

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#8 25-09-2006 6:15pm

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Bah 6/10.
I was convinced that Mustang was the Sioux word

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#9 25-09-2006 6:22pm

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7/10 without cheating.

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#10 26-09-2006 12:26pm

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I bet hulla got the conker one wrong.

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#11 26-09-2006 1:58pm

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5 / 10

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#12 26-09-2006 6:29pm

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8/10... only one was a guess

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#13 26-09-2006 6:39pm

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Then why didn't you get nine or ten?

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#14 26-09-2006 6:51pm

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Fook, looks like I'm in above my head in this forum too!

Ah well, at least I'll learn something!

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#15 26-09-2006 8:20pm

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7/10, sans cheating!

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#16 27-09-2006 11:03pm

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4/10 without cheating. But I'm tired.
And the story with the school teacher knitting just sounded too cute to not chose this option.

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#17 27-09-2006 11:31pm

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8 out of 10, no cheating.

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#18 30-09-2006 5:49pm

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7/10 no cheating

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#19 01-10-2006 8:52am

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9 out of 10, but two right was a lucky guesses and one wrong was an unlucky guess.

Reminds me of "Call my Bluff" on BBC, I always enjoyed that.

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#20 02-10-2006 8:45pm

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7/10

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#21 03-10-2006 9:58pm

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7 outta 10. never heard of the first word!

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#22 04-10-2006 12:18am

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6/10 and i know nowt about this kind of thing. Lucky guesses on my part.

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#23 04-10-2006 10:18pm

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7/10

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