On the other side of the Pacific he first studied English at Seattle University, then six months later he transferred to anthropology and later travelled across the United States to Pennsylvania, the main place at which to study linguistics.
飛越太平洋，梁兆兵先在西雅圖大學英語研究所注了冊，半年後轉人類學系；不久又橫越大陸，來到語言學重鎮﹘﹘賓州大學；此後更是變本加厲，將其「遊牧」本質發揮至極。