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Re-reading Making Money today.
"Trolls don't have a word for machismo in much the same way that puddles don't have a word for water."
Do you think that's a variant of the "Eskimos have 20 zillion words for snow" line? (BTW - they don't by any sensible view of the word (no more than we do, certainly), and it wouldn't matter if they did.)
Do you think that's a variant of the "Eskimos have 20 zillion words for snow" line? (BTW - they don't by any sensible view of the word (no more than we do, certainly), and it wouldn't matter if they did.)
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IIRC, Pterry is talking about this line (or a similar line from Small Gods, not certain) and the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis in The Folklore of Discworld - I think he's actually bringing up (and dismantling) the Eskimo line in that context. But I'd have to look it up to be sure, it's been a year since I read that. Or it might have been on tvTropes. *scratches head*