Olympics and 26 words for snow (Page 2)

technically speaking, those are not snow. Rime ice can lead to snow pellets which is the same thing as grauple, but rime alone isn't snow.

graupel is also not technically snow, rather it is rimed snow, but I guess it's close enough to be counted.

Hoar frost is formed by deposition, or water vapor skipping the the liquid stage and forming crystals diretly on a cold surface.  Hence not snow.

geeze guys, what are they teaching in school these days.

LOL... well, one thing they're teaching around here is reading... as in the original post...

Maybe the title was misleading.

But your post proves my point: people who are snow savvy take this stuff seriously and should be the only ones allowed to compete. Maybe there could be another division for athletes who do not own a snow shovel.

Jamaican Bobsled Team

EGADS.  The title of the thread clearly reads

thats FALSE advertising 

vortmax - 2006-02-23 12:34 AM LOL... well, one thing they're teaching around here is reading... as in the original post...

dontracy - That's why I think you should be required to name 26 kinds of snow and ice to be eligible for the winter olympics.

EGADS.  The title of the thread clearly reads

Olympics and 26 words for snow

thats FALSE advertising 

Well, Jennifer Rodriguez's nick-name is Miami Ice...doesn't that count.

I thought this was funny...

tlapa           powder snow tlacringit      snow that is crusted on the surface  kayi            drifting snow tlapat          still snow klin            remembered snow naklin          forgotten snow tlamo           snow that falls in large wet flakes  tlatim          snow that falls in small flakes  tlaslo          snow that falls slowly tlapinti        snow that falls quickly kripya          snow that has melted and refrozen tliyel          snow that has been marked by wolves  tliyelin        snow that has been marked by Eskimos  blotla          blowing snow pactla          snow that has been packed down  hiryla          snow in beards wa-ter          melted snow tlayinq         snow mixed with mud quinaya         snow mixed with Husky **** quinyaya        snow mixed with the **** of a lead dog slimtla         snow that is crusted on top but soft underneath kriplyana       snow that looks blue in the early morning  puntla          a mouthful of snow because you fibbed allatla         baked snow fritla          fried snow gristla         deep fried snow MacTla          snow burgers jatla           snow between your fingers or toes, or in groin-folds  dinliltla       little balls of snow that cling to Husky fur  sulitlana       green snow mentlana        pink snow tidtla          snow used for cleaning ertla           snow used by Eskimo teenagers for exquisite erotic rituals kriyantli       snow bricks hahatla         small packages of snow given as gag gifts  semtla          partially melted snow ontla           snow on objects intla           snow that has drifted indoors  shlim           slush warintla        snow used to make Eskimo daiquiris  mextla          snow used to make Eskimo Margaritas  penstla         the idea of snow mortla          snow mounded on dead bodies  ylaipi          tomorrow's snow nylaipin        the snows of yesteryear ("neiges d'antan"  pritla          our children's snow nootlin         snow that doesn't stick  rotlana         quickly accumulating snow skriniya        snow that never reaches the ground bluwid          snow that's shaken down from objects in the wind  tlanid          snow that's shaken down and then mixes with sky-falling snow ever-tla        a spirit made from mashed fermented snow, popular among Eskimo men talini          snow angels priyakli        snow that looks like it's falling upward  chiup           snow that makes halos blontla         snow that's shaken off in the mudroom  tlalman         snow sold to German tourists tlalam          snow sold to American tourists  tlanip          snow sold to Japanese tourists  protla          snow packed around caribou meat attla           snow that as it falls seems to create nice pictures in the air sotla           snow sparkling with sunlight  tlun            snow sparkling with moonlight  astrila         snow sparkling with starlight clim            snow sparkling with flashlight or headlight  tlapi           summer snow krikaya         snow mixed with breath ashtla          expected snow that's wagered on (depth, size of flakes) huantla         special snow rolled into "snow reefers" and smoked by wild Eskimo youth tla-na-na       snow mixed with the sound of old rock and roll from a portable radio depptla         a small snowball, preserved in Lucite, that had been handled by Johnny Depp trinkyi         first snow of the year  tronkyin        last snow of the year  shiya           snow at dawn katiyana        night snow tlinro          snow vapor nyik            snow with flakes of widely varying size  ragnitla        two snowfalls at once, creating moire patterns  akitla          snow falling on water privtla         snow melting in the spring rain chahatlin       snow that makes a sizzling sound as it falls on water  hootlin         snow that makes a hissing sound as the individual flakes brush geltla          snow dollars briktla         good building snow striktla        snow that's no good for building erolinyat       snow drifts containing the imprint of crazy lovers  chachat         swirling snow that drives you nuts krotla          snow that blinds you tlarin          snow that can be sculpted into the delicate corsages Eskimo girls pin to their whale parkas at                  prom time motla           snow in the mouth sotla           snow in the south maxtla          snow that hides the whole village  tlayopi         snow drifts you fall into and die  truyi           avalanche of snow tlapripta       snow that burns your scalp and eyelids  carpitla        snow glazed with ice tla             ordinary snow