May 1, 2011, Majuro Atoll (99–112)
👀 Observations
Included this week was coconut and coir, a fiber from coconut husks. I learned a tremendous amount about the coconut while we lived in the Marshall Islands. I learned how to husk and clean and crack and grate. It's a remarkable amount of work. And a remarkable food. You can even use it as a float if you've capsized.
There were lots of good sounds in this section: clump, clunk, cluck, clink, clomp, clonk, clop, click, clank, clap, clang, clack. That's an impressive array of sounds.
👀 Observations
Included this week was coconut and coir, a fiber from coconut husks. I learned a tremendous amount about the coconut while we lived in the Marshall Islands. I learned how to husk and clean and crack and grate. It's a remarkable amount of work. And a remarkable food. You can even use it as a float if you've capsized.
There were lots of good sounds in this section: clump, clunk, cluck, clink, clomp, clonk, clop, click, clank, clap, clang, clack. That's an impressive array of sounds.
⚛ Units of the Week
Chiao: a monetary unit of China
Chiliad: a group of one thousand
Chon: a monetary unit of South Korea
Chronon: a hypothetical unit of time
Cicero: a unit of measure in printing
Classon: a subatomic particle
!!! Words of the Week
Childing: pregnant (better than “preggers!”)
Chin, v.: to hold with the chin
Chiru: a Tibetan antelope (so many antelope!)
Chowchow: a relish of mixed pickles in mustard
Chucky: a little chick
Cicisbeo: a lover of a married woman
Cineast: a devotee of motion pictures
Claque: a group of hired applauders (hired mourners, hired marauders, hired applauders)
Clowder: a group of cats
Cloy: to gratify beyond desire
Cnida: a stinging organ in a jellyfish (Andrew and I are also familiar with these from the Marshall Islands and Pohnpei)
♡ Favorite Words of the Week
Chinook: a warm wind
Chinwag: to gossip
Chthonic: pertaining to the gods of the underworld
Chubasco: a violent thunderstorm
Chuckler: one that chuckles
Chumship: friendship
Clerkdom: the status or function of a clerk (if you can’t have a kingdom, at least try for a clerkdom)
Cloudlet: a small cloud
Clubable: sociable
Coendure: to endure together
Chiao: a monetary unit of China
Chiliad: a group of one thousand
Chon: a monetary unit of South Korea
Chronon: a hypothetical unit of time
Cicero: a unit of measure in printing
Classon: a subatomic particle
!!! Words of the Week
Childing: pregnant (better than “preggers!”)
Chin, v.: to hold with the chin
Chiru: a Tibetan antelope (so many antelope!)
Chowchow: a relish of mixed pickles in mustard
Chucky: a little chick
Cicisbeo: a lover of a married woman
Cineast: a devotee of motion pictures
Claque: a group of hired applauders (hired mourners, hired marauders, hired applauders)
Clowder: a group of cats
Cloy: to gratify beyond desire
Cnida: a stinging organ in a jellyfish (Andrew and I are also familiar with these from the Marshall Islands and Pohnpei)
♡ Favorite Words of the Week
Chinook: a warm wind
Chinwag: to gossip
Chthonic: pertaining to the gods of the underworld
Chubasco: a violent thunderstorm
Chuckler: one that chuckles
Chumship: friendship
Clerkdom: the status or function of a clerk (if you can’t have a kingdom, at least try for a clerkdom)
Cloudlet: a small cloud
Clubable: sociable
Coendure: to endure together
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