Language notes from the slopes of E-15.

Benjamin Zimmer bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU
Fri Jun 25 15:49:43 UTC 2010


On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 7. A big ad for 66^North fashions, prominently displayed at Keflavik
> Airport, telling passengers everywhere that
>
>      There are over 100 words for snow in Icelandic.
>      Only one for what to wear.

Now on Language Log:

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2411

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