I first learned of the whole "eskimos have a 100 words for snow" hoax in one of my linguistic classes at Davidson.
The oft-heard Churchill quote along the lines of "This is the sort of nonsense up with which I will not put." appears to be equally fallacious.
My favorite copy editor (how huge a nerd am I that I have a favorite among copy editors?) has an interesting roundup today regarding books on language, which references her earlier clarification of the "up with which I will not put" misattrubution.
So now you know.
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