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Eskimos do not have around 200 words for snow. The idea they do is a common erronious myth that has come about because of the belief that 'if eskimos live in snow, then they must have lots of different words to differentiate between different types. In actual fact the English language has more words for snow then the Eskimo language does.
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Can you get 10000 homophones?
No, it is not possible to list 10,000 homophones as there are not that many unique sound-alike words in the English language. While English does have many homophones, they are not nearly as numerous as 10,000.
How did Shakespeare and Milton influence the English language?
Shakespeare invented nearly 1,700 common English words.
How many words for snow do people say that the eskimos have?
It is a popular misconception that the Inuit have many words for snow. The words may differ according to the number of tribes, but generally there is no more words in Inuit that in English. The hoax started in 1911 and from then the number of words may have risen to about 400. However, counting generously, there may be about a dozen.
What is the Latin root 'pen-' in English?
Nearly is the English equivalent of the Latin root 'pen-'. A Latin derivative of the Latin root is the adverb 'paene', which also means 'nearly'. An English derivative is the adjective 'penultimate', which means 'nearly last' or 'next to last'.
How did the latin language influence the English language?
Nearly 50 percent of our words in English have Latin roots. Some students who take Latin in school say that learning Latin helps them understand the meanings of words in English.
All the English words which ends with last but one alphabet y?
Many, many English words end with -y. For example, nearly all adverbs (quickly, openly, magically, luckily, ....) end with -ly.
What is the smallest word in English in terms of the number of letters?
"I" and "A" are each the shortest actual English words.Both 'i' and 'I' are the narrowest words while 'a' is the shortest.
Are there more words in Portuguese than in English?
No, English has more words than Portuguese. English has over 1 million words, while Portuguese has around 250,000 words. However, the number of words in a language is not the only indicator of its complexity or richness.
What is the English translation of the french words tout preste?
While nimble
What do eskimos have 32 words for?
for snowalso for more info:http://linguistlist.org/issues/5/5-1239.html
What are the bad words in the movie Ted?
The language is constant, strong, and extremely vulgar, using nearly every possible cuss word in the English Language.
What does Japanese words muryo doho mean in English?
With that romanization it's meaningless. Muryo: nearly, approximately If you meant 'douhou': it can mean 'fellows, companions,etc'.
