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Day: January 17, 2017

What is a four-tined fork called if a three-tined fork is a trident? Serious and not so serious answers welcomed!

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Posted in categories: English, Linguistics

quadrident. 3780 hits on Google. Here’s a commercial instance: IMERSION – Underwaters sports – SPEARFISHING SPIRIT The Coralign brand has a large variety of differents accessories tridents and quadridents to fit the threaded 6 X 100 shafts. Answered 2017-01-17 [Originally posted on http://quora.com/What-is-a-four-tined-fork-called-if-a-three-tined-fork-is-a-trident-Serious-and-not-so-serious-answers-welcomed/answer/Nick-Nicholas-5]

How can I become a field linguist and/or a historical linguist?

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Posted in categories: General Language, Linguistics

First part, you get the PhD. Margaret FalerSweany has got that covered. Expect to have to do at least one postdoc too. Now the fun part. How do you become an academic. Nick Nicholas’ answer to What is your personal experience with obtaining a linguistics degree? Did you run into any unexpected issues? Apart from […]