Student: I should try snowboarding so I'll like powdery snow better.
Frazz: If it's the frosty faceful you don't like, I have disappointing news about snowboarding.
In at least one Inuit dialect, ‘powdery snow’ is ‘tlapa’. I don’t know if it’s the same in the other dialects, or in the Yupik languages that along with Inuit make up the Eskimo family of languages.
@cliquegge (boy, that’s tough to type…not at all intuitive!)
Here in Denver we have just enough snow to make footprints; you’d be hard put to scrape up enough to make a snowball. I hear they have lots of snow in the high country, though, where you’re going. Which ski area do you like best for snowboarding?
rshive over 11 years ago
You need just a little wetness in the snow to make good snowballs. The mittens don’t help either.
Varnes over 11 years ago
Barely enough snow to make a snowball here in SW Michigan since February of last year……11 and a half months without significant snow….Sucks big time..
Varnes over 11 years ago
BTW, you don’t tug on Superman’s or throw powder snow ball in the wind….. throw it with the wind, maybe…
prrdh over 11 years ago
In at least one Inuit dialect, ‘powdery snow’ is ‘tlapa’. I don’t know if it’s the same in the other dialects, or in the Yupik languages that along with Inuit make up the Eskimo family of languages.
Comic Minister Premium Member over 11 years ago
Now that’s weird.
ccmills over 11 years ago
Come on USA gett that snow going – we are coming over from Aus for Snowboarding in Colorado soon.
annieb1012 over 11 years ago
@cliquegge (boy, that’s tough to type…not at all intuitive!)
Here in Denver we have just enough snow to make footprints; you’d be hard put to scrape up enough to make a snowball. I hear they have lots of snow in the high country, though, where you’re going. Which ski area do you like best for snowboarding?
cutiepie29 over 11 years ago
Utah’s got some great skiing this year. A mite bit cold (6 degrees F at the moment) but lots of lovely powder.