http://senselist.com/2006/08/11/eight-terms-for-snow-crusts/ Help for the listless (and the senseless) Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:04:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://senselist.com/2006/08/11/eight-terms-for-snow-crusts/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Joe Kissell Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:59:56 +0000 http://senselist.com/2006/08/11/eight-terms-for-snow-crusts/#comment-188 <p>Lex: I enjoyed Smilla's Sense of Snow (both the book and the movie), though I can't recall offhand its discussion of snow words.</p> Lex: I enjoyed Smilla’s Sense of Snow (both the book and the movie), though I can’t recall offhand its discussion of snow words.

]]> http://senselist.com/2006/08/11/eight-terms-for-snow-crusts/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Lex.Darknet Sat, 14 Oct 2006 05:41:44 +0000 http://senselist.com/2006/08/11/eight-terms-for-snow-crusts/#comment-184 <p>Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)-- if I'm not sadly mistaken -- makes reference to the number of words for snow in the language. Just a note.</p> Smilla’s Sense of Snow (1997)– if I’m not sadly mistaken — makes reference to the number of words for snow in the language. Just a note.

]]> http://senselist.com/2006/08/11/eight-terms-for-snow-crusts/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Joe Kissell Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:33:52 +0000 http://senselist.com/2006/08/11/eight-terms-for-snow-crusts/#comment-20 <p>Gillian: Thanks for the helpful references!</p> Gillian: Thanks for the helpful references!

]]> http://senselist.com/2006/08/11/eight-terms-for-snow-crusts/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Gillian Wed, 16 Aug 2006 07:51:48 +0000 http://senselist.com/2006/08/11/eight-terms-for-snow-crusts/#comment-17 <p>A good source for a discussion of the origin of the claim that there are anything from 16 to 400 words for snow in Inuit languages can be found here: Geoff Pullum, <i>The great Eskimo vocabulary hoax.</i> The original, false, information came from some poor research on the part of Benjamin Lee Whorf. For further discussion, including a long list of the snow words English has, see this site: <a href="http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~atman/Misc/eskimo-snow-words.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~atman/Misc/eskimo-snow-words.html</a> I'm sure there are others, but this is very accessible for the layperson.</p> A good source for a discussion of the origin of the claim that there are anything from 16 to 400 words for snow in Inuit languages can be found here: Geoff Pullum, The great Eskimo vocabulary hoax. The original, false, information came from some poor research on the part of Benjamin Lee Whorf. For further discussion, including a long list of the snow words English has, see this site: http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~atman/Misc/eskimo-snow-words.html I’m sure there are others, but this is very accessible for the layperson.

]]> http://senselist.com/2006/08/11/eight-terms-for-snow-crusts/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Joe Kissell Sun, 13 Aug 2006 01:37:15 +0000 http://senselist.com/2006/08/11/eight-terms-for-snow-crusts/#comment-10 <p>MPWaddington: Thanks for your comment. I did indeed check my sources! If you read the original article I referenced (<a href="http://itotd.com/articles/257/snow-crusts/" rel="nofollow">Snow Crusts</a>), you'll see them all listed in the "More Information" section at the bottom. If you have sources that say otherwise, I'd be interested to see them. Incidentally, in the same article, I clarify why, in this particular usage, the term "Eskimo" is linguistically correct and "Inuit" is not.</p> MPWaddington: Thanks for your comment. I did indeed check my sources! If you read the original article I referenced (Snow Crusts), you’ll see them all listed in the “More Information” section at the bottom. If you have sources that say otherwise, I’d be interested to see them. Incidentally, in the same article, I clarify why, in this particular usage, the term “Eskimo” is linguistically correct and “Inuit” is not.

]]> http://senselist.com/2006/08/11/eight-terms-for-snow-crusts/comment-page-1/#comment-9 MPWaddington Fri, 11 Aug 2006 14:48:55 +0000 http://senselist.com/2006/08/11/eight-terms-for-snow-crusts/#comment-9 <p>I am sure you are incorrect when you say that the Inuit words for types of snow and snow conditions is an urban myth. Recheck your facts before making such statements.</p> I am sure you are incorrect when you say that the Inuit words for types of snow and snow conditions is an urban myth. Recheck your facts before making such statements.

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