Since the Eskimo Language Has Many Words for Snow, the Strongest

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Essay

Since the Eskimo language has many words for snow, the strongest form of the Whorfian hypothesis maintains Europeans could not understand snow as the Eskimo do. How could Europeans gain an appreciation for snow somewhat akin to the Eskimo and what would the Whorfian hypothesis have to say that?

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