well, I was sucked in by the eskimos and their words for snow, but the truth seems a lot more interesting http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000405.html
Thanks for the link from http://fritchie.blogspot.com/2006/12/where-my-head-is-at-and-great-read.html#comments by http://jambecorp.blogspot.com/
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Hi Keith,
Thanks for the link to my blog. I always find language fascinating, and combining that with a bit of myth busting is even better :)
You might also like this site:
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-pos1.htm
The writer seems to have made his career by busting myths on word origins...
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