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Posts: 58
Joined: Mar. 21 2007
From: The Netherlands
rice donation through internet
This is very off topic, but I just found this on the internet and I think it's a great initiative. For each word you get right, they donate 20 grains of rice to help end world hunger. Maybe not so much, but the more people play the 'game', the more rice they donate. And ofcourse you can also practice your knowledge of English (which isn't quite unnecessary in my case).
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Joined: Jul. 8 2003
From: Living in Granada, Andalucía
RE: rice donation through internet (in reply to blanca)
Great idea, good word game too, tough at times even if you speak good english. I clocked up about 1,000 before I realised they meant grains. Guess that's about half a bowl of rice never having counted how many grains there is in a bowl !!! Still very little counts.
RE: rice donation through internet (in reply to blanca)
yeah, some of these definitions and synonyms are wrong
for example: lignite does not mean coal. lignite is a type of coal. by that mark bituminous and anthracite should also define coal. but they do not mean coal. they describe the type of coal.
whoever put this thing together obviously didnt check things thru very thoroughly
Posts: 58
Joined: Mar. 21 2007
From: The Netherlands
RE: rice donation through internet (in reply to HemeolaMan)
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ORIGINAL: HemeolaMan yeah, some of these definitions and synonyms are wrong
I didn't even notice that ... I did notice that words are repeated more than you might expect, but I guess that will only help the amount of rice they donate.
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never having counted how many grains there is in a bowl !!! Still very little counts. 
... I did notice that words are repeated more than you might expect, but I guess that will only help the amount of rice they donate.
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