Scots have 421 words for snow –more than Inuits

University of Glasgow researchers have compiled 421 words relating to snow for a Historical Thesaurus of Scots, ranging from 'snaw' to 'flindrikin'

The Inuit of the Arctic know a lot about snow, and their wide vocabulary for the white stuff is legendary. But they may face a challenge in snow-describing ability - from Scotland.

Researchers at the University of Glasgow have compiled 421 words relating to snow for a new Historical Thesaurus of Scots. They range from "snaw" - plain old snow - to "spitters", small drops of wind-driven snow, and "flindrikin", a slight snow shower.