24 January 2005

Fried Snow

The linguist in me was delighted the other day to discover this blog on matters of language and not from the grumpy disgusted-of-Tunbridge-Wells corner. Such delicacies as this reference to the myth of huge numbers of words for snow in Eskimo languages ... Hurrah! Some sanity in a mad world of hype and urban legend.Language Log: Fried Snow
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