 We're shaken. My name's Cam. Welcome back to another video. Today, I'm whipping it out and I'm putting it on the table. I'm of course talking about my dear, delightful writing skills. I'm gonna actually test myself today and prove once and for all that I write many word and I write them good. If I do these tests and I score well the way I see it, I will literally be spared from any bad reviews on anything that I publish...ever. That's just how science works. Strikes aside, I thought it would be a really fun time if I did a video, if I did something that we could all kind of do together. I'm gonna be doing three quick tests or quizzes if you want to call them that. And the beauty of it is that you can do it at home as well. You can do it at the same time as me. I'll have the links in the description of course and then when we're all done, you can let me know in the comments what your score was. Guys, today is the...it's the day. Today is the day. Today is the day that we prove to everyone that we are statistically good at story-story right time. Some people will say that being a good writer comes down to a complex blend of countless things. Well, I say it comes down to three things. Spelling, speed, and vocabulary. A vocabulary. Who are you going to listen to? Accomplished authors...or me. Strikes aside, I'm actually a little bit nervous about doing a spelling test and broadcasting it to everyone online because there's this misconception that if you're a writer, if you claim to be a writer, that you are insanely good at spelling or at least you think you are. And that's just...not always true. I've had people at work ask me in particular how to spell a certain complicated word because they know that I claim to be a writer and then I immediately start sweating like I've just chugged hot sauce from an old boot. So here we have the Merriam-Webster spelling test. You should do this with me. Like I said, link is in the description below. Otherwise, you can just get a paper and pencil and do it that way as well. I'm going to start now, but before I do, I want to make a deal with you all, okay? Are you teasing me if I get a bad score? Don't do it. I'll delete your comment. Okay, I won't do that. But look, if you tease me, at least make sure it's funny. You know what? It doesn't matter anyway because I'm going to ace it. I'm going to...10 out of 10. Easy. Okay. Are you ready? We're going to start the quiz now. Okay. So you have to hear the word obviously in this one. Accommodate as in the hotel can accommodate our group. Accommodate. All right. Date. Two Ms. Boom. That's one out of 10. Told you. I'm a genius. Preferred as in they prefer to see a movie. Easy. Easy. Okay. Well, the difficult... You can see the difficulty rating on them here as well. Disappoint as in that performance did not disappoint the crowd. It's easy, huh? I don't know what I was worried about. I'm a genius. Principle as in a man of principle. Principle? Questionnaire as in please complete this questionnaire. Oh, I'm actually not sure about this one. That doesn't look right. Two Ms. Okay. All right. I got one wrong. Athlete as in Michael Jordan's a famous athlete. Easy. Specifically as in specifically designed for outdoor use. Easy. How quick you do it as well matters towards your points. Marshmallow as in a perfectly toasted marshmallow. Gorilla as in Gorilla Warfare. Am I going crazy? Oh, wait. Gorilla's it's got like... I don't know. Am I going crazy? Oh, wait. Gorilla's it's got like a you in it and shit, doesn't it? Look, I never claimed to be a genius. Told you. I'm a genius. Neighbor as in a quiet and considerate neighbor. Wait, what is that? I didn't do that. See, the problem is the Australian spelling would have a you in there. But I know the American spelling doesn't. So, okay. So I got eight out of 10 correct, which I think is pretty good. But the score is also a factor. So if you got 10 out of 10, you might still not get 4,200 out of 4,200 because your speed also plays a part. I'm going to check the scores on that one to see where we sit. Okay, I set my age as 27. So I'm just above average for people in their 20s as far as my spelling goes. I am happy with that being just above average. That's new for me. That's a pretty nice feeling. But you know what? I want to go one more time and I want to really focus in this time. I'm really sure I can do better. Okay, so here we go again. Keep in mind guys, you can follow along at home with a paper and pencil if you want. Oh, shit. I really wasn't sure on that one. One question left. Here we go. So I just got 10 out of 10. 10 out of 10, baby. Now who the hell said I'm not a genius? Oh, look at that. Look at that. Well above average. Let's go, baby. 3,540. That's the score to beat, guys. Let me know how you go. So that'll do it for spelling. I think safe to say I'm at least okay in that field. I'm not. I was at least a bit above average on both fronts there. So I'm happy. I'm cool with that. But now it's time for the next challenge. So this one's on Miriam Webster as well. It'll be harder to follow along from home with this one just because of how it's structured, but feel free to yell at the screen if I'm getting it wrong. Which I won't because I never get it wrong, you know? Not once. Alrighty, here we go. Starting 1, 2, 3. Which is a synonym of reproach? Skulled. Which is a synonym of ineffable? Indescribable. Which is a synonym of pertinent? I was going out on a little bit of a limb with that one. Which is a synonym of indolent? I think it's lazy. Which is a synonym of indurate? Indurate. Which is a synonym of inexorable? Damn it. Which is a synonym of precipice? Okay, I know that one. That would be Cliff. Resolution. That is promise. Piety. Resume. Continue. Okay, 7 out of 10 for vocabulary? Yeah, okay. Just below average. That's fine, who cares? It doesn't matter. It doesn't even matter. You know what? I'm doing it again. Let's go one more time. Flaccid. Okay, so I got a way better score on that one, which is weird because I felt like I did better on the last one. Fair enough. 8 out of 10. Look at that. Again, you guys are going to have to start calling me slightly above average Kim. That's gonna be my new YouTube nickname. Not bad. Not bad. Okay, how do you go? 2720 is the score to beat. Let me know what you got on that one. So now is time for the final test. This is it. If you didn't do so well on the last two, if you weren't also slightly above average, now is the time to bring it home. This one is on the Human Benchmark website, which has actually a bunch of other fun kind of tests and stuff you can do. But this one in particular focuses on writing. And last time I did a speed test for typing, I think I was around average, maybe just above. I think it was around 55 words a minute. That was a couple of years ago, so I would hope that I'm faster now. I think I'm a fast guy. All the girls I've ever dated have called me Quick Finish Cam. They wouldn't tell me why, but I assume it's because I'm very efficient. But here it is. We'll do the typing test. If I get at least 55 words a minute, I think I'll be happy. Okay, here we go. I'm probably going to have to mute this bit so you don't hear the click clacking, but okay. 64 words per minute. I mean, it's better than what I thought I would get, so I'm happy in that sense. So 78.6 in the percentile, which is pretty good. You want the higher number. Let's see how it measures up. Okay, so yeah, definitely above average. So most people sit around the 40 words per minute mark, and we're over here in the 60s, 64. So I'm a bit above the average person, but we need to take into account that, you know, my hobby is writing and also my full-time work involves me typing pretty much all day. I don't feel like 64 words per minute is very high for someone who spends as much time typing as me. I don't think I'm that good at typing quickly. But I do want to mention that I think part of the difficulty with this type of test is that I'm also reading and trying to, you know, I'm reading from a screen and then trying to type it down with the same caps and grammar and all that. If I'm just typing, you know, from my head, I feel like I can go a bit faster, but I don't know. I'm going to go again because I completely, I completely fucked up that last one. 67 words per minute, so a bit better than last time. But again, the difficulty I'm having isn't so much with the typing. It's because I have to go back and fix errors because I'm trying to read from a screen and then flick my eyes down to the keyboard. Whereas if I'm typing from my mind, I'm going to look up at the screen so much. I don't know. I don't think I'm going to break 70 words per minute, which is a little bit disappointing, but let me know how you go. I'm sure there'll be tons of people who can write faster than me. I'm admitting that now, okay? I'm sure there are plenty of writers who can write way faster than me. So if you're going to rub it in, at least be gentle. So that's basically it. I was a bit above average for pretty much every test and you know what, that's more than I hoped for. So I'm satisfied. I'm happy with that. I think it was fun. It was a fun video today. It was good to like, do something with you guys. I'm sure I'll do more videos like this in future if you haven't subscribed already and you like writing videos, videos about writing. Make sure you do that so you don't miss any future uploads. As always, thanks for watching guys and if you watched this far in the video, I really, really appreciate it. Thank you very much. Have a nice day. Catch ya.