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learn language I think I allowed myself
extra time so recently we discussed the
world debated topic of what is a
polyglot so it seems only right to
follow this up with what is a linguist
this word is sometimes used to describe
those who might describe themselves as
polyglots or even those who just enjoy
language and find it interesting and
exciting and lovely to them the word
linguist may seem whoa whoa I'm not a
linguist but to the person saying it and
they might feel that no you definitely
are so I thought we should just kind of
clarify and go through this today a
little bit I've definitely been referred
to as a linguist by the people who don't
study languages in the same way that I
do so they find what I do kind of like
oh wow that means you're a linguist and
who can blame someone for thinking this
way after all someone who plays the
piano a pianist not any other word
someone who plays the violin a violinist
someone who pulls people's teeth out for
a living a dentist our brain is kind of
telling us to think this way based on
what we know about words and how they go
together
you've got the prefix Ling for language
you've got the suffix it's for someone
who does stuff or is that thing however
the thing is with linguists is that it's
much more than someone who speaks two
three or even multiple languages diction
return break time to look up the word
linguistic let's get a dictionary
definition Lefty legend maka makeover
lengthy process a final hard links in
the dictionaries length the answer for
sure lights like Ling
Oh linguist linguist is a noun a person
skilled in languages or linguistics see
this is interesting because I don't feel
this way I feel that an linguist should
be reserved for someone who actually
studies and practices the study and
teaching of the science of language
after all linguistics is the science of
language so it only makes sense that a
linguist is someone who studies this
discipline I don't know maybe I'm just
playing with words too much maybe I'm
making up my own definitions for these
words maybe I should just accept words
personally I find it harder to call
myself a linguist than I do a polyglot
and I still find that difficult
I can't first myself as these things
because it sounds like the kind of thing
that it just sounds kind of arrogant to
talk about yourself in this way feels
kind of uncomfortable it's just my
opinion and I'm not saying that if you
call yourself a polyglot if you call
yourself a linguist you're arrogant no
I'm not saying that just for me that's
how I feel about it and I don't know it
just feels like it would be an insult if
I go on saying I'm a linguist and
actually this guy over here is studied
for 15 years in linguistics science he's
a linguist me I'm something else what
that something else is I feel that's
where polyglot comes in again and fills
the gap there are so many people out
there the Internet has proven this to me
to us that language lovers exist people
that study language for the joy of
studying language these people exist I'm
not the only one you're not the only one
what word is the word that describes us
I definitely don't feel it's linguistic
I feel that polyglot works it kind of it
kind of fits fits the bill if it's an
empty empty void of word loss I know
it's like we said about a pianist right
that's that's pianists if I see a piano
I'll go up to it and I'll play loads on
the song is normally the rugrats theme
or the EastEnders theme and sometimes
fair release if
under it by Fairless I mean 100 if I can
remember it but I wouldn't go around
calling myself a pianist because I'm not
is it the same thing with with the word
linguist mmm this isn't something that's
been bugging me it's just something I
thought that'll be a fun video but now
I'm talking about it and thinking about
it a lot more no it bugs me do you have
a language term that you find to be
confusing let me know in the comments it
could well be a topic of a future video
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