Just an aside: did you know that Eskimos have 14 words for the word snow? The language barrier we discussed in class that can essentially lose us in translation, is seen here. We obviously do not have 14 words that equate to snow so the extra words, as the reading for Tuesday noted, are distributed amongst the few words we do have for that particular word but in that translation, much of the meaning in that word is lost. The reason they have so many words for snow is because their culture revolves around snow where as our does not, we dont have the need for such words. I'm sure however, the same is true in reverse for words involving coffee. Think what we have: coffee, cappuccino, latte, mocha, double-tall, half-caf., frappaccino, bold, mild, smooth, two-pump etc.
thats all, just a thought!
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