A plea (trivia specialist)

Tue Oct 19 17:45:10 UTC 1999

One cannot now coin "trivialist."  It was coined at least in 1716 by M.
Davies and Carlyle in 1829 said that Voltaire was not a philosopher but a
trivialist.
----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Pulliam <pulliam at IIT.EDU>
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> How about "triviator"?  (Inspired by one of those obnoxious "Today's
> Aviators" airline ads.)
>
>
> >"Prof. Roly Sussex" <sussex at LINGUA.ARTS.UQ.EDU.AU> asks
> >
> >>>>>>
> >A colleague has asked me if there is a special term for an
> >expert in trivia. Apart from triviaphile and triviologist,
> >I have a nagging suspicion that I have seen such a word,
> >perhaps in Josepha Heifetz ... Can anyone help?
> ><<<<<
> >
> >Can we coin "triviast"?
> >
> >   Mark A. Mandel : Senior Linguist and Manager of Acoustic Data
> >         Mark_Mandel at dragonsys.com : Dragon Systems, Inc.
> > 320 Nevada St., Newton, MA 02460, USA : http://www.dragonsys.com/
> >                     (speaking for myself)
>
> -
> Greg