tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post2547619554448231138..comments2023-10-09T04:11:47.358-07:00Comments on Not A Potted Plant: SnowBurt Likkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16060980744675990412noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-30333289407069890072010-09-06T01:39:30.786-07:002010-09-06T01:39:30.786-07:00Not to mention, as discussed on the fantastic show...Not to mention, as discussed on the fantastic show "QI", they don't have that many words for snow, while they have an extraordinary number of words for "that thing over there."<br /><br />http://languagescraps.blogspot.com/2008/09/qi-eskimo-pronouns.htmlKaz Dragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272310026172140396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-30957315621471279912010-09-04T12:20:47.836-07:002010-09-04T12:20:47.836-07:00Thanks- this is interesting. I'm trying to th...Thanks- this is interesting. I'm trying to think of other tricks of this sort and I'm not coming up with much. Maybe "single mother". She could be a divorced mother, a mother resulting from a one-night stand, a mother living with the child's father in a committed relationship, a mother who used artificial insemination, a mother who adopted, etc. Yet, when a woman calls herself a "single mother" some of us might conjure up a singular image. <br />Are there other language deceptions like "snow" for Eskimos?Stephen M. Stillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17008964260739891695noreply@blogger.com