030820 J.A. Magallon wrote:
> Eskimos have many words just for snow

'Eskimo' is itself an incorrect term today: they call themselves 'Inuit'.
cp the obsolete 'Negro' in the USA, now 'black' or 'African American'.

> spanish has 'libre' and 'gratis', and english just has 'free'.

'gratis' is good English for 'free as in beer'.

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