linguist ician new slant quite happy far sit back let discourse relative merits terms linguist linguistician unfold unhampered intervention first foremost lover language person studies language history idiosyncrasies call linguist might add fully understand theories propounded call linguist ician sense someone engaged linguistics really care precisely choose call area study physicists physicians argument wonder doubt quite coincidentally discourse enid wai ching mok enid uhunix uhcc hawaii edu circulated recently questionnaire information terms linguist linguistics various languages happened upon entry summary supposedly explaining two russian terms jazykoved linguist jazykoznanie linguistics offered certain woody mott also uhunix uhcc hawaii edu infelicitous detail ill construed interpretation impelled reply entry linguist correct certain misconceptions allow summarise notwithstanding argument whether words current russian think explanation etymology may use general discourse merits linguist vs linguistician word jazykoved composed 2 roots jazyk meaning tongue language ved meaning knowledgeable person cognates ved old russian vedeti e vowel jat knowing person pace woody mott sanskrit da gothic wait english wit merely link vowl suitable english calque russian term therefore would tonguewit turn reminded article years ago saxonist terms advanced favour latinate heresies english speaking world thus foreword preface argument goes back 1842 bodeful ominous birdlore ornithology etc etc sure bounded time imaginations suggestions mindful fact probably many among staunch adherents latinate tradition wishing way alienate belittle corpus english vocabulary nevertherless like propose two alternatives linguist linguistics based saxonist principles tonguewit noun person versed skilled study language tonguelore noun study language leave individual linguist ician choose whether terms suited area study think saxonist terms advantage least smacking toearth prurience lack selfimportance similar term tonguester suggested earlier admirable alternative one quite happy call tonguewit engaged tongue lore others hope follow leave linguist ician sort tony hall tony hall department russian language university birmingham edgbaston tel 44 0 21 414 3227 birmingham b15 2tt fax 44 0 21 414 5966 united kingdom email r hall bham ac uk