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====Units of Measurements==== | ====Units of Measurements==== | ||
On the wiki most measurements are done in imperial or metric measurements for sake of ease of comprehension, but Nodd has its own conventions for such measurements. | On the wiki most measurements are done in imperial or metric measurements for sake of ease of comprehension, but Nodd has its own conventions for such measurements. | ||
Distance: | |||
*Igg - About one centimeter or just under half an inch | |||
*Pindle - Average height at which one is generally considered micro, 8"-10" or 20cm-25cm | |||
*Trinch - Roughly a nurk's average height, around 3' or 1m | |||
*Skeel - Average insider height, around 9' or 3m | |||
*Vyle - Average height at which one is generally considered a kaiju, 100' or 33m roughly | |||
Volume: | |||
Fip - A drop | |||
Squinch - A dollop | |||
Splunt - A couple pints or a mouthful, average size of insider's orgasm ('splunt' is slang for cum) | |||
Pilge - A couple gallons, roughly a bellyful ('pilge' is slang for puke) | |||
Belleum - Enough to fill an insider's bath or a public fountain | |||
Quald - A pond's worth | |||
Weight: | |||
Nib - a few grams - the weight of a tooth or claw? | |||
Krott - couple ounces - a bite of meat, maybe? | |||
Grunch - a couple pounds, meal size for an average (large) insider | |||
Rugg - 50-70ish pounds, sort of a full bag/backpack, also average nurk weight | |||
Ludge - 500ish(?) pounds average (large) insider weight | |||
Trond - around a ton, average miggwitch weight | |||
[[Category:Miscellaneous Concepts]] | [[Category:Miscellaneous Concepts]] | ||
Revision as of 06:00, 25 December 2022
Dates
- January - Longsleep
- February - Last Dream
- March - The Awakening
- April - Skymourn
- May - The Kindling
- June - Everlight
- July - Devilsky
- August - Fever's End
- September - The Surrendering
- October - Grimlight
- November - The Darkening
- December - Neverlight
Seasons
- Spring - Sangor, Season of Blood
- Summer - Chola, Season of Fire
- Autumn - Melanus, Season of Gloom
- Winter - Phlegrian, Season of Void
Units of Time
Year - Turn Month - Phase Third-Month - Trisk Day - Sleep
Bells - Hours Chimes - Minutes Ticks - Seconds
Times are written as:
17 bells; 13 chimes or 17;13
(24 hours/day; no AM/PM)
Dates are written like so:
Skymourn, Day XIX, Turn CDXIX
There are no days of the week and no weeks to speak of, just 30-something sleeps per phase.
A trisk is about ten days long, or roughly a third of a phase; they are not mentioned when writing dates, but are referred to as an approximate unit of time.
Units of Measurements
On the wiki most measurements are done in imperial or metric measurements for sake of ease of comprehension, but Nodd has its own conventions for such measurements.
Distance:
- Igg - About one centimeter or just under half an inch
- Pindle - Average height at which one is generally considered micro, 8"-10" or 20cm-25cm
- Trinch - Roughly a nurk's average height, around 3' or 1m
- Skeel - Average insider height, around 9' or 3m
- Vyle - Average height at which one is generally considered a kaiju, 100' or 33m roughly
Volume: Fip - A drop Squinch - A dollop Splunt - A couple pints or a mouthful, average size of insider's orgasm ('splunt' is slang for cum) Pilge - A couple gallons, roughly a bellyful ('pilge' is slang for puke) Belleum - Enough to fill an insider's bath or a public fountain Quald - A pond's worth
Weight: Nib - a few grams - the weight of a tooth or claw? Krott - couple ounces - a bite of meat, maybe? Grunch - a couple pounds, meal size for an average (large) insider Rugg - 50-70ish pounds, sort of a full bag/backpack, also average nurk weight Ludge - 500ish(?) pounds average (large) insider weight Trond - around a ton, average miggwitch weight
