Inuit Words for Snow

January 12th, 2006

Everyone talks about how the Eskimos have 100 different words for snow. Well, apparently, here they are.

Thanks to Dale for the link.

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Paul January 12, 2006 at 7:18 p.m.

"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.)

qsf January 12, 2006 at 7:41 p.m.

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...

Matt Doar January 12, 2006 at 9:24 p.m.

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

Tim Green January 14, 2006 at 8:33 p.m.

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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