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asterrocOn FreeRice level 44 "littleneck" came up. One of the choices was "quahog," which I knew was a clam - I knew this from elementary school, when we learned that wampum was a type of currency used by some Native American peoples where they made beads out of quahog (clam) shells and since there was less of the purple part of the shell, the purple beads were worth more than the white. They were in bead form so the women (I think, maybe men) could wear them in necklaces.
So, "littleneck" had four choices including "quahog". What made me choose that one was that I'd learned about Indians using quahog, presumably Indians native to the region of the US I grew up in. Plus there was a town nearby called Little Neck. So yeah, I picked littleneck = quahog, and it turns out I was right. I'm surprisingly pretty good at reasoning out these words, even when I don't know most of them.
So, "littleneck" had four choices including "quahog". What made me choose that one was that I'd learned about Indians using quahog, presumably Indians native to the region of the US I grew up in. Plus there was a town nearby called Little Neck. So yeah, I picked littleneck = quahog, and it turns out I was right. I'm surprisingly pretty good at reasoning out these words, even when I don't know most of them.
