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Linguists Find Proof of Sweeping Language Pattern Once Deemed a 'Hoax' (www.scientificamerican.com)
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[–] riskable@programming.dev 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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!

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 months ago

what having to turn all the water into beer to make it safe to drink does to a culture

[–] riskable@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago

An ancient and proud race of telephone sanitizers.