Not quite, according to Stephen Fry, ( QI ), who reckons it's one of those Arctic myths.
How many words do the Eskimo have for snow? A popular myth claims that the Eskimos have 50, 100 or even 400 words for snow in their language, compared to English's one word. Like all myths, this one is not exactly true. When you consider how many words there are in English to describe snow (such as ice, slush, sleet, hail, snow flake, powder, frozen water, etc.) it becomes evident that to count all of the words that people in snowy cultures have for snow would be impossible. Not only is it impossible to define what would count as a substitute for 'snow,' there exists no single 'Eskimo' language. At most, linguists argue that out of all of the languages of Eskimo groups, there are 4 root words for snow, to which various adjectives are added.
Although it's true that corn-originated sugar seems to be rare in the UK, your reasoning is flawed. Cane sugar isn't grown in the UK either (it requires a tropical or subtropical climate), yet we use a lot of that.
That is largely for 'historical' reasons, i.e. the Brits ran plantations in the 'new world' using slave labour to produce the stuff. It's also produced in the 'Old World' i.e. Africa, where I suspect there may be a similar history ! We developed a taste for it. Sugar beet is now grown in huge amounts in these parts - there is a processing plant less than 2 miles from where I sit. I suggest my reasoning is not flawed, my explanation was not as extensive as it might have been.
which, amongst other things tells that the switch to beet from cane was largely down to a command from Napoleon following a blockade by the Royal Navy.
No I don't work for them , BSC that is, or indeed the Royal Navy
The sugar on British tables comes from either sugar cane or sugar beet. It's possible that some corn sugar is used in ready-made foods, but seems a bit unlikely as we don't grow a vast amount of sweetcorn.
Nah, not even close!
In the 80's I operated a high resolution Mass Spectrometer. We used a reference compound called PFK ( Perfluorokerosene) which was £70 per ml.. equivalent to £70,000 a Litre.
Fortunately, we didn't use much !
She went downstairs back to her office. The 'phone rang and she forgot all about her lunch until someone said something along the lines of " 'ere, what's that stink?". Made her !*very* popular with her co-workers.
About 4.5 years ago a guy I later worked for had a new office/factory built. This freshly decorated building included a kitchen area with, amongst other things, a combination microwave/oven. Someone put a jacket potato in and cooked it for 20 minutes on the microwave setting. The room stank of smoke for months afterwards. The potato allegedly looked like a barbeque briquette.
Can we be please ??
About my second amendment rights
I'd like a S&W 686 and a CZ85
like the ones I used to own, before they were stolen by Blair and his bunch of 'bannedits'
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While the Eskimos may have 70 words for snow
Not quite, according to Stephen Fry, ( QI ), who reckons it's one of those Arctic myths.
How many words do the Eskimo have for snow?
A popular myth claims that the Eskimos have 50, 100 or even 400 words for snow in their language, compared to English's one word. Like all myths, this one is not exactly true. When you consider how many words there are in English to describe snow (such as ice, slush, sleet, hail, snow flake, powder, frozen water, etc.) it becomes evident that to count all of the words that people in snowy cultures have for snow would be impossible. Not only is it impossible to define what would count as a substitute for 'snow,' there exists no single 'Eskimo' language. At most, linguists argue that out of all of the languages of Eskimo groups, there are 4 root words for snow, to which various adjectives are added.
http://www.qi.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=2939&start=30&sid=5f67d99f30a3543309278c29a8e3af64
That is largely for 'historical' reasons, i.e. the Brits ran plantations in the 'new world' using slave labour to produce the stuff. It's also produced in the 'Old World' i.e. Africa, where I suspect there may be a similar history ! We developed a taste for it. Sugar beet is now grown in huge amounts in these parts - there is a processing plant less than 2 miles from where I sit. I suggest my reasoning is not flawed, my explanation was not as extensive as it might have been.
For lots of detail see http://www.britishsugar.co.uk/RVE07e796585f924bdab dc555e463cca17d,,.aspx
which, amongst other things tells that the switch to beet from cane was largely down to a command from Napoleon following a blockade by the Royal Navy.
No I don't work for them , BSC that is, or indeed the Royal Navy
Don't the British use corn sugar as table sugar?
Nope
The sugar on British tables comes from either sugar cane or sugar beet. It's possible that some corn sugar is used in ready-made foods, but seems a bit unlikely as we don't grow a vast amount of sweetcorn.
Nah, not even close! In the 80's I operated a high resolution Mass Spectrometer. We used a reference compound called PFK ( Perfluorokerosene) which was £70 per ml.. equivalent to £70,000 a Litre. Fortunately, we didn't use much !
She went downstairs back to her office. The 'phone rang and she forgot all about her lunch until someone said something along the lines of " 'ere, what's that stink?". Made her !*very* popular with her co-workers.
About 4.5 years ago a guy I later worked for had a new office/factory built. This freshly decorated building included a kitchen area with, amongst other things, a combination microwave/oven. Someone put a jacket potato in and cooked it for 20 minutes on the microwave setting. The room stank of smoke for months afterwards. The potato allegedly looked like a barbeque briquette.
Can we be please ?? About my second amendment rights I'd like a S&W 686 and a CZ85 like the ones I used to own, before they were stolen by Blair and his bunch of 'bannedits'