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4 Responses to “Inuit Words for Snow”

1. Paul Says:
   January 12th, 2006 at 7:18 pm

   “a small snowball, preserved in Lucite, that had been handled by Johnny Depp”

   Hmmmmmmm

   (Here in LA, we have a hundred words for traffic. And in that case, when we talk about Johnny Depp, we mean it.)

2. qsf Says:
   January 12th, 2006 at 7:41 pm

   Yes, at first glance these can look genuine, and for all I know, most of them are, but there are some fun ones in there…

3. Matt Doar Says:
   January 12th, 2006 at 9:24 pm

   That’s a funny list. Someone should do one for words for rain for people who live near Cambridge There is also one explanation of the original urban legend here:

   http://ahistoricality.blogspot.com/2005/05/mythbusting-inuit-words-for-snow.html

   ~Matt

4. Tim Green Says:
   January 14th, 2006 at 8:33 pm

   Sorry, Q. It is a hoax. Try this for a real list of different words for snow: http://www.firstpeople.us/glossary/Eskimo-Snow-Lexemes.html

   Still, I think they should keep the new word for Jonny Depp’s snow.

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