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Jinx
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 Message 137 of 172
10 January 2012 at 8:23pm | IP Logged 
Last time I took this test, I tried half-heartedly to be honest and conservative, and I got about 45%. This time I strictly restrained myself and didn't give any answers that weren't 100% true and didn't make me hesitate for a moment... and I got 55%. I can't wrap my mind around this.
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Arekkusu
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 Message 138 of 172
13 November 2012 at 9:13pm | IP Logged 
"You scored 48.13% on the Language Geek Test! You've earned the title of Senior Language Geek."

I feel like this question was written about me:

"created my own method for learning or teaching languages / grammar / vocabulary / script

    and am now flooding language forums about it"


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Sprachprofi
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 Message 139 of 172
13 November 2012 at 9:19pm | IP Logged 
3951 people have now taken the test (well, probably some twice) and the average score
is 23.24% (Language Geek).

The breakdown:

633 Wannabe Language Geeks (0-5%)
270 Apprentice Language Geeks (5-10%)
1805 Language Geeks (10-30%)
980 Senior Language Geeks (30-50%)
202 Master Language Geeks (50-70%)
21 Extreme Language Geeks (70-90%)
40 Insane Language Geeks (90%-100%)

I don't believe there are 40 Insane Language Geeks; it breaks the distribution
considering there are only 21 Extreme Language Geeks, and the range is narrower, too.
Most likely people who just clicked all the checkboxes.
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Arekkusu
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 Message 140 of 172
13 November 2012 at 9:22pm | IP Logged 
Sprachprofi wrote:
I don't believe there are 40 Insane Language Geeks; it breaks the distribution considering there are only 21 Extreme Language Geeks, and the range is narrower, too.
Most likely people who just clicked all the checkboxes.

What kind of sick geek would do that...
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Solfrid Cristin
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 Message 141 of 172
14 November 2012 at 10:00am | IP Logged 

You scored 40.63% on the Language Geek Test! You've earned the title of Senior Language Geek .

I took it again. I am getting geekier. (5 % more) That's shocking news :-)
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Iversen
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 Message 142 of 172
14 November 2012 at 11:16am | IP Logged 
No, that's good news.
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Ari
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 Message 143 of 172
14 November 2012 at 1:14pm | IP Logged 
Just found the test. I'm not very language-geeky (22.5%), which was not a big surprise. Some of the things I lost points on:

* I don't really own any paper dictionaries or language courses, or even DVDs.
* I don't correct people's mistakes (in fact that's something I associate with linguistic ignorance).
* I didn't have any language interests before the age of 15.

Also, I took a guess at Kalaallisut and I was mistaken, so I should lose some points there.
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dampingwire
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 Message 144 of 172
14 November 2012 at 7:06pm | IP Logged 
You scored 20.63% on the Language Geek Test! You've earned the title of Language Geek.

Slap bang in the middle. Maybe I should talk to strangers more?



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