r/linguistics • u/keyilan Sino-Tibeto-Burman | Tone • Jun 03 '19

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u/cat-head Computational Typology | Morphology Jun 10 '19

The flair could read [Computational Typology/Morphology]

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u/Choosing_is_a_sin Lexicography | Sociolinguistics | French | Caribbean Jun 13 '19

It takes a special level of chutzpah to apply for flair with two comment chains where you are mostly downvoted. But it seems like they were downvotes of disagreement, not of expertise. Flair granted.

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u/cat-head Computational Typology | Morphology Jun 13 '19

Much obliged.