Inuit languages really do have many words for snow, linguists found—and other languages have conceptual specialties, too, potentially revealing what a culture values
Inuit languages really do have many words for snow, linguists found—and other languages have conceptual specialties, too, potentially revealing what a culture values
English: We value nothing.
Truth: The words in English that have the most synonyms: Good, bad, move, tell, and the king of all of them: Drunk
English: We value nothing.
Truth: The words in English that have the most synonyms: Good, bad, move, tell, and the king of all of them: Drunk
Shit-faced. Blotto. Three sheets to the wind. Tipsy. Stinkin’ drunk. Faded. ….
My god, you are right. The list is endless. What a rich and sophisticated culture I hail from!
what having to turn all the water into beer to make it safe to drink does to a culture
An ancient and proud race of telephone sanitizers.