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Scotland has 400 words for snow

Scotland has more than 400 words for snow, according to researchers. They've been collecting the wor...
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6:22 AM - 23 Sep 2015



Scotland has 400 words for sno...

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Scotland has 400 words for snow

TodayFM
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6:22 AM - 23 Sep 2015



Scotland has more than 400 words for snow, according to researchers.

They've been collecting the words for a new Scots thesaurus.

'Flindrikin' and 'snaw-pouther' are among the 421 terms they found.

Other words include 'skelf' - meaning a large snowflake - and 'spitters', which are small drops of rain or snow driven by the wind.



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