Why you should avoid 'mingqutnguaq' (fwd link)

[phil cash cash]

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Why you should avoid 'mingqutnguaq'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7671137.stm
Quoting phil cash cash :

> Why you should avoid 'mingqutnguaq'
>
> Yup'ik Eskimo Grant Kashatok speaks about his life on ice in Newtok, Alaska
>
> By Stephen Chittenden
> BBC News, Newtok, Alaska
>
> The number of Eskimo words for snow has long been a point of debate.
>
> In the Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary published by the Native Language 
> Centre at the
> University of Alaska, and found in schools throughout Alaska's Yukon Delta,
> there are 37 ways of referring to it.
>
> When snow falls from the sky, an Eskimo can say "it's snowing" in 
> four different
> ways: aniu, cellallir, ganir or qanunge.
>
> Once the snow is on the ground, things can get more complicated. 
> Light snow is
> kannevvluk, soft and deep snow is muruaneq and drifting snow is 
> called natquik.
>
> Crusted snow, corniced snow and fresh snow all have their own word too.
>
> Access full article below:
> https://www.email.arizona.edu/horde/imp/mailbox.php?start=3


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