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"Kaamos" is a finnish word that means the winter months and days when the sun barely rises up here, the word is often used to describe the melancholy and depression many finns experience during those months.
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Hee, you'd be surprised what we have words for, we have like a half a dozen words just for different sorts of snow, wet snow, dry snow, dense snow, loose snow...
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Eeee, yes, it's like yin and yang!
Thinking process affects the language, and the language in return affects the thinking process. Talking is like punching keys on a giant soundboard, and minds make shortcuts all the time..;3
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Ohh interesting, that seems like a useful thing to have a word for. Lovely work, it's so full of mystery!
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Thanks, L James! It's a pretty big thing here and there aren't too many countries where it is night time for 2 days straight!
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Ah, so that's it!
I knew this word from one Apocalyptica's song, but I never really wondered to look it up. I thought it was some river or a lake.