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421 Scottish words that mean the same thing...

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A study conducted by researchers at the University of Glasgow is trying classify every word in the Scots language from earliest records to the present day in an attempt to create a 'Scots Thesaurus'. One interesting thing that's come up is they've discovered 421 different words to describe a single thing...snow!

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