Aglu or Agloo

An aglu, also spelled agloo, is a seal’s breathing hole in a sheet of ice. This is part of a complete episode.

Transcript of “Aglu or Agloo”

Grant, I have a word I know you need if you don’t have it already.

Okay, agglue, a-g-l-u. Do you know this word?

No, agglue reminds me of aglet. It’s not related to aglet.

No, what is it?

No, it’s a breathing hole made in the ice for a seal. Isn’t that nice?

What languages that come from, from, from Inuit? Inuit. And now it’s in English for the whole breathing hole made by seals.

Yeah, yeah, okay. You know they stick their little heads up. You can spell it aglu or agl o, but that seems like it would come in handy in Scrabble or maybe crossword puzzlers.

Already know this probably.

Yeah, the diehard crossword surely know it. Call us with your language thoughts, 877-929-9673.

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