I could sense this morning that the participants of this workshop were
chomping at the bit, so we kept the opening remarks fairly short, dividing the
whole group into six smaller ones for the purpose of collecting words and allowing
them to be off and running by 8:30. Enthusiasm was high all day long. This was
most evidenced by the fact that, when it was time for the coffee break, people
were slow to turn up, and when they did, it was to grab a cup of coffee and
head back to where their group was working.
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| Sparse attendance at coffee break |
At least one group got an early start on the afternoon session, which
was scheduled to begin at 2:00. Their excessive zeal caught up with them later
on, however, when I found them all stretched out on benches with their eyes closed. When I asked them what was going on, they explained that they had gotten an
early start and now needed to rest for a bit, so I let them have their deserved
break. The total number of words collected on this first day was 1,597.
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| One of the word-collection groups |
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