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*November - The Darkening | *November - The Darkening | ||
*December - Neverlight | *December - Neverlight | ||
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====Units of Time==== | ====Units of Time==== | ||
Year - Turn | *Year - Turn | ||
Month - Phase | *Month - Phase | ||
Third-Month - Trisk | *Third-Month - Trisk | ||
Day - Sleep | *Day - Sleep | ||
Bells - Hours | *Bells - Hours | ||
Chimes - Minutes | *Chimes - Minutes | ||
Ticks - Seconds | *Ticks - Seconds | ||
Times are written as: | Times are written as: | ||
17 bells; 13 chimes or 17;13 | 17 bells; 13 chimes or 17;13 | ||
(24 hours/day; no AM/PM) | (24 hours/day; no AM/PM) | ||
Dates are written like so: | Dates are written like so: | ||
Skymourn, Day XIX, Turn CDXIX | Skymourn, Day XIX, Turn CDXIX | ||
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=====Distance:===== | =====Distance:===== | ||
*Igg - About one centimeter or just under half an inch | *Igg - About one centimeter or just under half an inch | ||
*Pindle - Average height at which one is generally considered micro, | *Pindle - Average height at which one is generally considered micro, 9" or 22cm | ||
*Trinch - Roughly a nurk's average height, around 3' or 1m | *Trinch - Roughly a nurk's average height, around 3' or 1m | ||
*Skeel - Average insider height, around 9' or 3m | *Skeel - Average insider height, around 9' or 3m | ||
*Vyle - Average height at which one is generally considered a kaiju, 100' or 33m roughly | *Vyle - Average height at which one is generally considered a kaiju, 100' or 33m roughly | ||
Volume: | =====Volume:===== | ||
Fip - A drop | *Fip - A drop | ||
Squinch - A dollop | *Squinch - A dollop | ||
Splunt - A couple pints or | *Splunt - A couple pints or an insider's mouthful, average size of insider's orgasm ('splunt' is slang for cum) | ||
Pilge - A couple gallons, roughly | *Pilge - A couple gallons, roughly an insider's ('pilge' is slang for puke) | ||
Belleum - Enough to fill an insider's bath or a public fountain | *Belleum - Enough to fill an insider's bath or a public fountain | ||
Quald - A pond's worth | *Quald - A pond's worth | ||
Weight: | =====Weight:===== | ||
Nib - | *Nib - A few grams or a tenth of an oz, roughly the weight of a claw or tooth when shed | ||
Krott - | *Krott - About sixty grams or several ounces, a hearty bite of meat for most insiders | ||
Grunch - | *Grunch - About eight pounds or just under 4 kilograms, the size of an average insider meal | ||
Rugg - | *Rugg - About 40 pounds or 18 kilograms, the weight of a full pack as well as that of the average nurk | ||
Ludge - | *Ludge - Around 400 pounds or 180kilograms, the weight of an average insider | ||
Trond - | *Trond - Roughly a ton or 900 kilograms, the average weight of a miggwitch | ||
[[Category:Miscellaneous Concepts]] | [[Category:Miscellaneous Concepts]] | ||
Revision as of 06:17, 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, 9" or 22cm
- 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 an insider's mouthful, average size of insider's orgasm ('splunt' is slang for cum)
- Pilge - A couple gallons, roughly an insider's ('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 or a tenth of an oz, roughly the weight of a claw or tooth when shed
- Krott - About sixty grams or several ounces, a hearty bite of meat for most insiders
- Grunch - About eight pounds or just under 4 kilograms, the size of an average insider meal
- Rugg - About 40 pounds or 18 kilograms, the weight of a full pack as well as that of the average nurk
- Ludge - Around 400 pounds or 180kilograms, the weight of an average insider
- Trond - Roughly a ton or 900 kilograms, the average weight of a miggwitch
