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Phutatorius

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Friday, February 11, 2005

Thanks to this fantastic online resource, I am now able to say "Tails up! Orphan, visiting and expecting food, plunges through the air!" in Inuit.

Oddly, though, this dictionary does not include a single word for snow. I had heard a lot of hype on this point and was expecting to find at list 50 of 'em. Worth noting, though: Inuit has two words for "good for nothing," as well as a specialized term for "dances White Men's dance." So draw your own conclusions.

Pameiyut! Illiyardjuk, aimerpok, auksarpok!

posted by Phutatorius at  #1:42 PM.

They may not have fifty words for snow, but they seem to have four different words for stingy (nerdlingoyok, tutkuitok, erligosuktok, annoardlertok), which probably explains why there's no translation for "panhandler" or "bum."
 

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