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"Why you should avoid 'mingqutnguaq' "

Started by ER, October 20, 2008, 03:32:53 PM

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ER

I found this article interesting and thought I'd share. I remember being told in a European Literature literature class that the Russian language has about a dozen words for "snow" but this Eskimo (the article's term for these people) language has triple that, including terms that differentiate between crusted snow, fresh snow, blowing snow, hard snow, soft snow, powdered snow and snow that has someone's name written in it. (OK, you caught me, I made that last one up.)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7671137.stm
What does not kill me makes me stranger.

Rev. Powell

Kaniktshaq moritlkatsio atsuniartoq!  Here's another article on the same topic you may find interesting:

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/263/what-are-the-nine-eskimo-words-for-snow

I'll take you places the hand of man has not yet set foot...

ER

What does not kill me makes me stranger.