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Categories: Stereotypes of Inuit people, Misconceptions, Snow in culture, Urban legends, Eskimo–Aleut languages
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Eskimo words for snow  Eskimo snow  Eskimo terms for snow  Inuit words for snow  The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax
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The claim that Eskimo words for snow are unusually numerous, particularly in contrast to English, is often used to support the controversial linguistic-relativity hypothesis or "Whorfianism". Wikipedia
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The claim that Eskimo words for snow are unusually numerous, particularly in contrast to English, is often used to support the controversial linguistic-relativity hypothesis or "Whorfianism". Wikipedia
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Eskimo words for snow
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Eskimo words for snow
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Eskimo snow, Eskimo terms for snow, Inuit words for snow, The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax

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