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Apparently, though unproven, at 21:32 on Friday 20 August 2010, Alex Schuster |
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did opine thusly: |
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> Wow, what's going on here? |
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> Alan McKinnon writes: |
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> > Like Eskimo's with 20+ words for different kinds of snow. |
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> > Say "snow" to any Eskimo, see what happens :-) |
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> Actually, they have only two words for snow: qanik for falling snow and |
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> aput for lying snow. |
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> Wonko |
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Yeah, I've heard the argument and counter-arguments too. But I'm not Inuit and |
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don't speak their lingo. |
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The principle still stands though. Replace Eskimo and snow with English and |
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the massive litany of words encompassing "love and affection". There's way |
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more than 20 of those. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |