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I don't know whether it's a urban legend, but apparently Icelandic has a hundred or so names for snow. We have many specific words for what is important for our survival. 🍝🍕🤌
21 1 ReplyHere in Sweden the rumor says that its the Inuits who have 100 words for snow.
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6 0 ReplyBut if Italians have 100 words for spaghett, did somebody touch mine?
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2 1 ReplyYes. Ouch yours.
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TIL something, thanks! 🙏
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Here in Australia the rumor is that snow is made up by other countries to flex on us!
5 0 ReplyYeah but you also have to turn your monitors upside down to read and are constantly living with spiders in your ears.
3 1 ReplyAnd snakes in their toilets.
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I made love to an Inuit lady once and after she had a thousand words for disappointment.
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Same with Inuit. I guess it makes sense when snow is such a dominant part of your life.
4 0 ReplyEver thought about how Iceland is full of burning magma and Greenland was oppressed by the danish?
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