brainofck ([identity profile] brainofck.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] brainofck 2006-07-06 12:42 pm (UTC)

No, no! Please don't be! :) Linguistics was one of my favorite 10's in undergrad! What I meant was, I saw an argument made that since Daniel's got a PhD in linguistics, he was merely padding his resume by saying he "spoke" 23 languages. This person pointed out that linguists manipulate language without really *speaking* the various languages they study and discuss. This flies in the face of Daniel-the-genius-human-translation-device - which is, in fact, how the scriptwriters tend to use him.

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