Rubes by Leigh Rubin for November 14, 2011

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    cdward  almost 13 years ago

    What does it say about us that we only have one word for snow but many words for moron?

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    runar  almost 13 years ago

    “But the Eskimoan language group uses an extraordinary system of multiple, recursively addable derivational suffixes for word formation called postbases. The list of snow-referring roots to stick them on isn’t that long: qani- for a snowflake, api- for snow considered as stuff lying on the ground and covering things up, a root meaning ‘slush’, a root meaning ‘blizzard’, a root meaning ‘drift’ and a few others — very roughly the same number of roots as in English."

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    runar  almost 13 years ago

    I won’t even say the title, but it’s the second worst holiday film of all time.

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    runar  almost 13 years ago

    What word for “moron” starts with a ‘c’ and ends with a ‘d’?

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    iced tea  almost 13 years ago

    Card!

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    runar  almost 13 years ago

    I was thinking “clod”.

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    ChuckSomer  almost 13 years ago

    Eskimoron

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