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> Europeans have maybe a few words or even just one word to describe snow Really? In common use: snow, sleet, hail, flurry, frost, hoar, ice, rime, (snow)drif
by eouwt 4y ago
> Europeans have maybe a few words or even just one word to describe snow
Really? In common use: snow, sleet, hail, flurry, frost, hoar, ice, rime, (snow)drift, powder, slush. Less commonly: firn, neve, sastrugi, suncups, ...
- moremetadata 4y agoWell I understood they had lots of words, some suggestions have been as high as 52 words for snow, but other sources suggest otherwise. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/inuktitut-words-for-snow-and-ice https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/inuktitut-... but it appears Scots have 421 words for snow. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-34323967 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-34323967 But another concept which an AI or aliens may not be familiar with is the concept of time and the way it is visualised. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20221103-how-language-warps-the-way-you-perceive-time-and-space https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20221103-how-language-war...