Cognate Madness

[yurodivy84.livejournal.com]

What is the most "direct" term for a linguist in Russian? Лингвист is like an interpreter, but does that mean that a linguist is a филолог? --because linguistics is really not philology... but then... an interpreter is really not a linguist!

...and does the "professional" translation of историческое языкознание translate "historical linguistics" well?

P.S. Does бабушка really conjure up the same stereotypical image in Russian as it does in English (according to an irritated Russian friend)? If so, how on Earth does one talk about one's grandmum in Russian?!?

Спасибо

Comments

[yurodivy84.livejournal.com]

Sorry; wow. Point is that perhaps to you and/or your area it's not a used word.

Cheers-- I'm off to finish my vindaloo (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=vindaloo) now and get to work on the lorry (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lorry).

[lovimoment.livejournal.com]

The point is, you could have put it some other way (such as "your area it's not a used word") rather than saying my friends "are just ignorant."

And I know what vindaloos and lorries are...the links aren't really necessary.