From: kehoea@parhasard.net   
      
    Ar an triochadú lá de mí Méan Fómhair, scríobh Ross Clark:   
      
    > United Nations. 2017. "to celebrate the role of language professionals".   
    >   
    > It's the feast day of St.Jerome, who's the patron not only of translators   
   and   
    > interpreters, but also "Bible scholars, archivists, librarians, military   
    > linguists [?], encyclopedists and students." (Crystal)   
      
   My understanding is “linguist” is a term in the US military for service   
   members   
   who work as interpreters or translators. See   
   https://www.google.com/search?q=linguist+site:.mil   
      
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   How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’   
   (C. Moore)   
      
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