2006-10-23 05:12:36 · 9 answers · asked by the bully wee 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I thought this is what they are called?
You live in a house, but is it a bungalow or a castle, a terrace or a caravan??
2006-10-23 05:16:34 · answer #1 · answered by kway_tzar 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We didn't make up those words. Those are the words for 'house' used by Indians and Eskimos. I can only imagine how silly 'house' sounds to Indians and Eskimos.
2006-10-23 05:19:22 · answer #2 · answered by Stephen C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wigwam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigwam
Igloo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igloo
2006-10-23 05:27:24 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because those are the words that were chosen to represent those things..... just like we call a grass house a hut and a small, one-story, wooden home with a porch a bungalow.
2006-10-23 05:17:53 · answer #4 · answered by mutherwulf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same reason we call a bungalow a bungalow and a kiosk a kiosk pyjamas pyjamas , cul de sac a cul de sac and jodphurs jodphurs. They're foreign words which have been imported into the English language.
2006-10-23 06:06:20 · answer #5 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no clue, but I now just realized why the Eskimo kiss got started
2016-05-22 01:25:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do you call a native american an indian??
why do you call an ''Inuit" an eskimo??
same thing i guess.
2006-10-23 06:36:14 · answer #7 · answered by sotu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because indians live in teepees and eskimos live in snow huts lol
2006-10-25 02:41:18 · answer #8 · answered by tamzin b useful today 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I DON'T ALL THESE PEOPLE LIVE IN HOUSES AND MAY OCCASIONALLY CAMP IN SAID ABODES
2006-10-23 05:25:54 · answer #9 · answered by RAMSBOTTOM 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋