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Old 14th Apr 2012, 16:35
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ImbracableCrunk
 
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As an aside, I sat next to an Inuit on a flight to Fairbanks a few months ago (college student, not Inuit territory). She told me that whole, "There's 10,000 Inuit words for snow," is BS. They just have compound words, like German.

Drysnow
Westsnow
Blowingsnow
Snowflurries
Snowshowers
Snowbank
Snowdrift
Drivensnow
Snowberm
Powdersnow
Heavysnow
Moderatesnow
Lightsnow
etc.

OMG! Did you know English has 10,000 words for snow?

hahatla small packages of snow given as gag gifts semtla partially melted snow ontla snow on objects intla snow that has drifted indoors
Really? Intla means In snow? Ontla means On snow? Hahatla. . . Again: BS for the tourists and that list is satire.
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