>Having more times than I can count explained that as far as
>I know, there are only two real root words for snow in
>Inuktitut (and only one I can remember ever using), the
>lesson everyone should take from this is never to trust a
>story about historical linguistics unless it comes well
>documented.
>
>Scott Martens
>
an "expert" wouldn't necessarily do much better since an expert is the orgin of the fallacy. not that you said an expert would do....
http://www.urbanlegends.com/language/eskimo_words_for_snow_more.html
there's actually an article detailing the history of how the notion spread from a claim made by sapir, a student of boas.
kelley
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