Finnish words for snow
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Make of it what you will, but don't try to compare the Finnish words for snow with Eskimo words for snow.
Selected reading
- "The snow words myth: progress at last" (1/4/07) — too many other posts for Eskimo / Inuit / Yup'ik / etc. to list; just Google on: "language log" eskimo snow
- "Spiritually Finnish" (8/6/18)
[Thanks to François Lang]
John Swindle said,
May 4, 2024 @ 6:55 pm
There is no evidence that Edgar Snow had 50 words for "Inuit." In his "The Pattern of Soviet Power" he did however make one reference to "Russian Eskimo pies, considered a bargain at $6 a pie."