Rice = Nice
I paid a visit to FreeRice.com this morning to shake awake my half-asleep brain--half-asleep for I woke up at 3:30 a.m. and just stayed awake, eventually ambulating to the low-light environment off the kitchen for a little editing work at 5:30 a.m., if only to give my open eyes something to do.
Now, coffee before me, I remembered FreeRice: a site at which you take vocabulary tests, and for each word you get right (you've a one in four chance each time), 20 more grains of rice are donated in food-starved places around the world.
No registration is needed. No fees. Just you and the words and some sponsors willing to cover the cost of the rice donations.
Best word I remembered correctly: bumbershoot (umbrella)
Best word I guessed correctly: axilla (armpit)
Give it a try.
-cK
Now, coffee before me, I remembered FreeRice: a site at which you take vocabulary tests, and for each word you get right (you've a one in four chance each time), 20 more grains of rice are donated in food-starved places around the world.
No registration is needed. No fees. Just you and the words and some sponsors willing to cover the cost of the rice donations.
Best word I remembered correctly: bumbershoot (umbrella)
Best word I guessed correctly: axilla (armpit)
Give it a try.
-cK
posted by cK at 5:29 fm
6 Comments:
Ace. Thank you for the tip!
Cxx
PS But who counts the grains of rice?
I gave over 1800 grains of rice earlier this morning! It was fun -I didn't miss that many words!
Erin
Erin: Well done!
Claire: I think it's safe to assume child labor is used to count those rice grains....
-cK
Fantastic! Now I can feed animals AND people everyday while sitting on my butt at the computer eating pizza..
(animal site)
www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=3
ummm...this is really cool and just fabulous for the vocab nerd in me.
Another great charity site is AIDtoCHILDREN.com. It donates money to children in need through World Vision.
Check it out at http://www.aidtochildren.com
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