[Dragaera] OT reference to the number 17

[Martin Wohlert]

"Casey Rousseau" <casey at the-bat.net> wrote:
>Found on Language Log at:
>http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003754.html
>
>Only 17 words for snow
>
>I'm not sure what the current record is for Eskimo N, the number of
>words the Eskimos are claimed to have for snow, but this Sunday's New
>York Times Book Review yielded an unusually modest Eskimo N, 17. ...
>
>Buckley has obviously pulled the number 17 out of his, um, hat.  This
>number is what you're likely to come up with when you're asked to pick a
>random number: it's the smallest prime number without any special
>cultural significance.  ...
>
>Mr. Zwicky, whom I generally admire, must not be familiar with our happy
>band.  So sad for him.  MAM, don't you work with (or near?) these guys?
>Share with them the goodness that is Brust!
>

Or with the significance of 17 in Swedish...

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