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- From: karsten@netcom.com (karsten)
- Subject: Re: Maya's poem
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.003842.10741@netcom.com>
- Organization: Karsten's Bit Bucket
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 00:38:42 GMT
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- ll23%nemomus@ACADEMIC.NEMOSTATE.EDU writes:
- > The American Heritage dictionary says that Innuit means 'people'
- > in the Eskimo lg.
-
- It's all a ruse. It's really a word for a type of snow but they are
- already sensitive about having so many that we let this one slide.
-
- --karsten
-