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	Podcast:		Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
	Episode:		How can there be hundreds of words for snow? with Dr. Charles Kemp
	Category:		Education
	Duration:		00:13:19
	Publish Date:		2026-01-29 10:00:00
	Description:		1155. This week, we look at whether it’s actually true that Inuit languages have hundreds of words for snow with Dr. Charles Kemp. We look at how researchers used a database of 18 million volumes to find out how our environment shapes our vocabulary using the Nida-Conklin principle. We also look at a surprising finding about words for rain being abundant in non-rainy regions. CharlesKemp.com Join the Grammar Girl Patreon. Share your familect recording in Speakpipe or by leaving a voicemail at 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475) Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing courses. Subscribe to the newsletter. Take our advertising survey. Get the edited transcript. Get Grammar Girl books. \| HOST: Mignon Fogarty \| Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network. Audio Engineer: Dan Feierabend Director of Podcast: Holly Hutchings Advertising Operations Specialist: Morgan Christianson Marketing and Video: Nat Hoopes, Rebekah Sebastian Podcast Associate: Maram Elnagheeb \| Theme music by Catherine Rannus. \| Grammar Girl Social Media: YouTube. TikTok. Facebook. Threads. Instagram. LinkedIn. Mastodon. Bluesky. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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