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Here’s my latest necklace using Ponoko. His name is Elē, and he’s a baby elephant. He’s an optimistic elephant as his trunk is always pointing up. He brings you luck.

I made him on commission from a colleague at work. I’m pretty happy with the way he turned out.

If you’d like to buy him, he comes in a variety of colors. You can go to the Ponoko website to buy it, or you can contact me through the comments here or by email.

You can buy him in any color Ponoko offers. If the color isn’t listed below, please contact me and tell me what color you would like.

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Popularity: 71% [?]

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Here’s a photo of Emily and her green turtle tiki pendant.

Doesn’t it look great? You can buy a tiki pendant here!

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Popularity: 62% [?]

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Pot is an inappropriate (or maybe appropriate?) word. Keith took this photo from his apartment:

The bright rainbow ends on my house!

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Popularity: 69% [?]

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“I introduced her to a life full of pashing.”

Did she just say pashing?¹ I didn’t know she was a lesbian. Funny that.

*slap*

No, she said passion!

What the devil! Even after four years my brain is still confused every week.

Here are groups of words in New Zealand that are impossible to distinguish for the American ear:

• bull, ball and bowl
• hair, air and ear
• pen, pin and pan

For people from Chicago the difference is obvious. The sounds of the vowels are distinct. But some Kiwis skip their vowels, which leaves me befuddled.

Can you think of other words that sound similar? For example in Australia “six” and “sex” are too close to call. Think of the despair of the weary traveler in Australia’s hostels!

_{1. An Australian term for heavy duty kissing between teenagers.}

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Popularity: 58% [?]

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