76250, or 93/100. Native English speaker from London. Some of the last 10 words were seriously obscure.

Are accoutrement and ziggurat really English words? Accoutrement is even pronounced as French!

Glyptodon 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Those are both on the list of words I thought should have been in a category or two lower because I consider them both sufficiently widely used.

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melasadra 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Weirdly enough, these words would be known to some non-native speakers as they show up every now and then in video games.

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stavros 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Depending on what you consider an "English" word, anywhere from 0% to 100% of words are English words. I've definitely seen accoutrement and ziggurat in English, and quite often.

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walthamstow 9 hours ago | parent [-]

Of course, the line is very blurry. I've used accoutrement(s) in English many times, but I've never considered myself to be speaking English when I use it. It's like joie de vivre or c'est la vie.

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stavros 9 hours ago | parent [-]

What about "rendezvous", or "etiquette", or "RSVP", cliche, nuance, etc? Do you consider those French or English?

As you say, the line is very very blurry.

	▲	naishoya 8 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		My favorite in the vicinity of etiquette and rendezvous is the "double entendre", very French sounding, but not French at all. That and something being not a person's "forte" which when correctly pronounced is just fort, but through confabulation with a musical term from Italian; forte: to play loudly, sounds more French to English speakers when mispronounced. C'est la vie. Japanese loanwords really tickle my humour; バイト "Baito" : a casual, part-time, non-serious job. From the German "Arbeit" which is serious, macro-level employment or exertion.
	▲	walthamstow 8 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Rendezvous and cliche yes. Nuance, etiquette, RSVP no. It's instinctive so I can't explain but maybe because rendezvous and cliche require using French pronounciation. On this I think you could find more differing opinions than there are possible answers.