Friday, December 25, 2009
There is no word for "yesterday" in the Eskimo language.
Submitted by Matt G.
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- Eskimo words and phrases
keywords: culture and places, language, inuit, alaska, native american, speech
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3 Comments
Neither do they have a word for "I porked your daughter in the snow" nor "this does NOT taste like chicken"
By
Xetheare, at November 18, 2008 6:13 AM
"Eskimo" is a derogatory word for several different Northern individual tribes of North American natives. There is no single "Eskimo language."
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Anonymous, at September 17, 2009 12:29 AM
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factotron, at January 02, 2010 8:31 AM
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