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Mamihlapinatapai

On February 15th, after a few “days off” from his journal, Darwin shares a little bit about the events of the past few days. During that time, the captain returned to Woolya Cove to check… more →

The Beagle Project

Favorite Words

MK wrote 3 months ago: A random list of words that I happen to like: ENGLISH: tumultuous (definitely one I considered appli … more →

Tags: short musings, Favorite Words, Word, English, Arabic, welsh, Tierra del Fuego, Vocabulary, Beautiful Words

this sounds vaguely familiar

crystalleong wrote 3 months ago: Mamihlapinatapai is a word from the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego, listed in The Guinness Book … more →

Tags: musings, Romance, Single life, language, Modern Romance, the best of wikipedia, Tierra del Fuego, Word

Mission Impossible

Rob Viens wrote 3 months ago: Well – after three years of preparation, Captain FitzRoy returned to Woolya Cove on February 6th to … more →

Tags: Beagle Crew, Darwin and his family, South American Places, Year 2: 1833, Anthropology, robert fitzroy, Darwin, Chile, Tierra del Fuego

Fuegian Face Paint — 4 comments

Rob Viens wrote 3 months ago: Over the next couple of days, as it survey the channel, the Beagle encountered more Yaghans and bart … more →

Tags: Geology, Darwin and his family, South American Places, Year 2: 1833, Anthropology, Darwin, Chile, Fuegians, body paint

The Beagle's Fuegians Part III: There and Back Again

Rob Viens wrote 4 months ago: On January 18th 1833, Captain FitzRoy was making plans to “repatriate” Jemmy Button and … more →

Tags: Beagle Crew, Darwin and his family, South American Places, Year 2: 1833, Anthropology, robert fitzroy, Darwin, First Voyage of the Beagle, Tierra del Fuego

The Beagle's Fuegians Part II: York Minster, Boat Memory and Jemmy Button

Rob Viens wrote 4 months ago: No word from Darwin on the 17th – so back to the story of the Fuegians: As February turned int … more →

Tags: general info, Beagle Crew, Darwin and his family, South American Places, Year 2: 1833, Anthropology, robert fitzroy, Darwin, First Voyage of the Beagle

Border Wars and the Beagle Channel

Rob Viens wrote 4 months ago: By the 14th, the worst of the storm seems to have passed, though Darwin was lamenting the loss of so … more →

Tags: Climate & Weather, Darwin and his family, South American Places, Year 2: 1833, robert fitzroy, Darwin, Argentina, Chile, Tierra del Fuego

Introducing the People of Tierra del Fuego

Rob Viens wrote 4 months ago: Darwin’s diary remains silent today – most likely because he was seasick for the last few days … more →

Tags: Darwin and his family, South American Places, Year 2: 1833, Anthropology, Darwin, fibonacci sequence, Argentina, Chile, Tierra del Fuego

Words.... sisu, what exactly does it mean?

Lois wrote 4 months ago:   Here’s a story I read in the Daily Telegraph some time ago, 2005 to be precise! It is 1 … more →

Tags: Writing #2, tibet, C.J. Moore, Sisu, Finland, In other words..., A Nice Cup of Tea, Lama Surya Das, emaho

Exploring Yahgan Wigwams

Rob Viens wrote 4 months ago: Darwin’s next entry on the 29th suggests that the weather did not get much better over the nex … more →

Tags: general info, Year 1: 1831/32, Climate & Weather, Darwin and his family, South American Places, Darwin, Augustus Earle, Chile, Tierra del Fuego

(Nick Leech) In Patagonia — 2 comments

Nick Leech wrote 7 months ago: What can possibly go wrong? Far too many things I think as I sit in the draughty cockpit of a tiny h … more →

Tags: Travel, patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia, Cruceros Australis, MV Stella Australis, monte olivia, Beagle Channel, Canal Beagle

Wulaia Bay

Grande non-fat latte wrote 1 year ago: After lunch, and watching a presentation on the flora in this region, we disembarked onto Wulaia Bay … more →

Tags: patagonia, Indian Bread, Yamana, yagan, Wulaia Bay, Fitz Roy, Charles Darwin, Calafate, Pisco sour

Quote of the Day

emsarconi wrote 2 years ago: ‘”mamihlapinatapais” – from the yaghan language of tierra del fuego, is cons … more →

Tags: Fashion, Quote Of The Day, Craig Conley, MAGIC WORDS: A DICTIONARY, Mamihlapinatapais, WorDs, Miles Aldrige, fashiontography

Mamihlapinatapai — 3 comments

duckykoans wrote 2 years ago: I wish it and you wish it. The desire burns as embers in our eyes, but we end up breaking the gaze. … more →

Tags: Poetry, Art, language, Mamihlapinatapai, Foreign, Tierra del Fuego, relationship, eyes

Mamihlapinatapai.

zooeybates wrote 3 years ago: Mamihlapinatapai is a Yaghan word that has been sweeping the web. It currently holds the record (Gui … more →

Tags: Mamihlapinatapai, language, Dying, WorDs, spoken word, Record, succinct, Guinness Book of World Records

Word of the day : "Mamihlapinatapai"

hendrayunan wrote 3 years ago: Mamihlapinatapai is a word from the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego, listed in The Guinness Book … more →

Tags: hendra, Yunan, Word, Translate, language


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