Fact or myth? The claim that Eskimos have an unusually large number of words for “snow” was first loosely attributed to the work of anthropologist Franz Boas. It was then promoted by Benjamin Lee Whorf and became a flagship example to support his controversial linguistic-relativity hypothesis (also known as “Whorfianism”). This hypothesis posits that aContinueContinue reading “Do Eskimos really have 400 words for snow?”
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The French “râler” and how others pick on it
http://www.lessentiel.lu/dyim/041b5f/B.M600,1000/images/content/1/1/2/11204389/4/topelement.jpg I spotted this article in a Luxembourgish daily paper. It is a transcription from an article in the New York Times, in which the French are considered ungrateful to Macron for handling the corona crisis well. For those who do not know, Macron has been heavily criticized by his compatriots. Some of the memes,ContinueContinue reading “The French “râler” and how others pick on it”
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