Wikipedia Is Trying to Transcend the Limits of Human Language

Re:Wikipedia Is Trying to Transcend the Limits of Human Lang... by lakis on Friday September 03, 2021 @01:11PM (#28406812)

I think a better query is "how many types of snow exist"? On my experience, one, snow, period. Somebody living in north Canada, probably have more variations of the snow. In Eskimo language, there are ~300 words to express the variations of snow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo_words_for_snow

Does this imply that every query about snow should be expressed in all these 300 variations of snow. Do I even know or care as a non-Eskimo speaker of all these variations?

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Re:Wikipedia Is Trying to Transcend the Limits of Human Lang... by lakis on Friday September 03, 2021 @01:21PM (#28406901)

We can always use the types of snow. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_snow I count 6 types of snow 3 intensity of snowfall (which can also mean snow) 8 snow crystal classifications 4 types of snowpack material properties 7 wind induced snow structures 5 sun/temperature induced snow structure 9 ski resort classifications 7 informal classifications

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