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From: Stephen Spackman
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 17:47

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English has more words for snow than eskimo (over a dozen vs. less than
six, though it's hard to know where to draw the line: are "sleet" or
"snowdrift" counted?). The whole thing is a very old
hoax/legend/misunderstanding that drives linguists mad. Just so you
know.

But THIS belongs in comp.arch?
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stephen p spackman                                       stephen@acm.org
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From: spackman@disco-sol.dfki.uni-sb.de (Stephen Spackman)
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Subject: Re: Date request
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