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Conlangery #92: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

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The Eskimo Snow Words Myth

The word for the same person is going to change because you need to encode the relationship of the person you're talking about. My guess is the average American cannot cope with that task. Not without some work and training. The famous Eskimo snow words myth is wrong in about three different ways.

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