30.1741, Fun Facts: Linguist or Polyglot?

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LINGUIST List: Vol-30-1741. Tue Apr 23 2019. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 30.1741, Fun Facts: Linguist or Polyglot?

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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 12:56:31
From: LINGUIST List [linguist at linguistlist.org]
Subject: Fun Facts: Linguist or Polyglot?

 
Hello all,

It’s time for our next Linguist List fun fact! As linguists, we’ve all had the
conversation at some point that goes, roughly, “Oh, you’re a linguist? How
many languages do you speak?” followed by a hasty explanation of what
linguistics actually is and how it is not about learning languages. It
certainly doesn’t help that many linguists also happen to be polyglots. This
is the case for all of us here at the Linguist List, so for our fun fact this
week we’d like to tell you a bit about the languages we speak here, besides
the obvious English.

In no particular order, Becca (Jobs) speaks French and Swedish. Nils (Web
Development) speaks German and a little bit of Danish. Sarah (Journals and
TOCs) really loves Germanic, and knows German, some Icelandic, Old Norse, and
various other dead germanic languages. Everett (Conferences and Miscellaneous)
knows Spanish, Japanese, and a little German. Jeremy (Books) knows Swahili,
Hadza, Nigerian Pidgin, Welsh, German, and Arabic. He’s also teaching his
adorable son some Swahili. Gosia (Moderator) knows Russian, Croatian, Polish,
and Serbian. Peace (System Administrator) knows Korean. And Yiwen (Web
Development, Supports, and Internships) knows Mandarin, Cantonese, German, and
some French.

Even though learning languages isn’t what linguistics is about, they’re still
pretty neat, so we do it anyway. And it certainly doesn’t hurt to have a
broader knowledge of languages.

That’s it for today! Thanks for reading. If you appreciate services provided
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