Benny "Irish Polyglot: vs Steve"Lingo Steve" Kaufman: The War-Christophe Clugston

The ongoing war of the two linguaphiles as they tout their respected sides: fighting for dominance in the language heap-- As revealed by Christophe Clugston's knife them to the core report.

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[christopheclugston]

@RyanMauriceAnderson And about Steve?

[RyanMauriceAnderson]

@christopheclugston from what German of his I watched, he seems like a B1. And his accent isn't all that top-notch either.

[christopheclugston]

@FredericBayer Sorry, you just don't have the qualifications to speak as an authority. Maybe after you get to post grad level you will have learned enough to make an informed, rather than a pundit, dilletante remark.

[FredericBayer]

@christopheclugston Yes, it is a job, but it is *also* a descriptor for a theoretical and/or non-occupational pursuit, you need to get used to that. Similarly, you can be an artist despite it not being your line of work and despite not having studied the subject. Same for being an author, artist, musician, philosopher, mathematician et al. As you yourself say, you are a field linguist. The reason that distinguishment is made at all is because it's not the only type.

[christopheclugston]

@FredericBayer Name of person, credentials? Sorry, your wanting it to be that way doesn't make it that way. And you did admit that you , yourself, don't have the credentials. Point blank, I am around Field Linguists everyday. I have to deal with minority languages everyday--reality here is that this all is a JOB not a theoretical pursuit as you are trying to imply.

[christopheclugston]

@Jate0000 Yes, it would be interesting to see the song and dance Steve gives you if you bring that up to him.

[FredericBayer]

@christopheclugston *in contact with a linguist, rather. Excuse me.

[FredericBayer]

@christopheclugston It isn't a vocation. I speak a moribund language and am currently in contact with a university from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, who is aiming to document the language. He agrees with me: Linguistics isn't a vocation.

[Jate0000]

@christopheclugston I think you are refering to Daniel Tammet but his case isn't that relevant to language learning because his brain works very differently than others. Regarding to Lingq, I've found a open free software who does pretty much everything you can find there, it's called "Learn with text". Benny did a video about it. I wonder what Steve Kaufman has to say about that.

[christopheclugston]

@FredericBayer You might also wait to comment until you have made it through the university before giving your 'expert' opinion.