[lit-ideas] Geary Does The Sapir-Whorf
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 07:10:51 EST
They were drinking snow.
They were f-cking snow.
They were sh-tting snow.
Geary, 'Sapir-Whorft'.
In a message dated 3/5/2009 3:49:18 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
It has struck me that the more common / important something is within a
culture, the more words there are to communicate it. Thus the plethora of
words to name sexual organs and acts and dispositions, etc. So, too, with
bodily elimination and its products, there's a shitload of terminology in
this regard -- who would have guessed such scatological fascination? In the
same vein are the words, words, words used to describe drinking and
intoxication. So I guess the 3 most important aspects of human culture are
shitting and fucking and drinking.
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Next, we'll study Eskimo for 'snow':
qanuk snowflake
qanir to snow
qanunge to snow
qanugglir to snow
kaneq frost
kaner be frosty
kanevvluk fine snow
kanevcir to get fine snow
natquik snow that drifts
natquigte 'for snow to drift along ground'
nevluk clinging debris
nevlugte dirt of snow
aniu snow on ground
aniu shovel snow
apun snow on ground
qanikcaq snow on ground
qanikcir shovel snow on ground
muruaneq soft snow
qetrar 'for snow to crust'
qerretrar 'for snow to crust'
nutaryuk fresh snow
qanisqineq floating snow
qengaruk bank of snow
utvak snow carved
navcaq snow cornice
navcite get caught in an avalanche
pirta blizzard
pircir to blizzard
pirtuk blizzard
cellallir snow heavily
piretepag blizzard severely
pirrelvag o blizzard severely
Cheers,
JL
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