[Technopat]

Greetings All,
A link kindly provided by Iñigo gave me the following cool addition to this great thread:
mirmecólogo/ga - mirmecología (En. myrmecologist and myrmecology)  as in ant experts
Regs.,
Technopat

[iñigo]

Hi,

Technopat I do not know if it was anotherr despiste due to my bad English but the correct word is : mirmecólogo/a.

Another words mentioned before are:

Malacólogo/a: They study all the mollusc. The Conquiologos study only their shells.

Mastozoologo/a: study the mammals.

Guarda forestal: They are now called Agente forestal or Agente de Medio Ambiente in many Spanish comunities. (Guardia is a different word, like Guardia civil).

Etnobotánico/a: They study the uses of the plants.

Edafólogo/a: Study the soil.

Quiropterólogo/a: Study the bats.

And finally be carefull with the words ecologista and ecologo, because they are seldom bad translated into Spanish. The ecologo/a is the persom who study ecology whereas the ecologista is the man or the woman concerned about the environment but they are not scientist (How do you call them, ambientalist?). All the ecologos should be ecologistas but some of them hate to be named like this.

Regards,


Iñigo

[nick]

Good point on the ecologista and ecologo.

There's no distinction in English betwen the scientist and the activist, which is a shame.

Environmentalist is the other word

[Technopat]

Greetings Iñigo,
Touché! as we polyglots say
Will rush off and correct it immediately
Regs.,
Technopat

[Technopat]

Greetings All,
In my ongoing battle of wits to try and educate y'all  (aka getting my own back on those of you who put me to shame for not knowing nuffin' 'bout nature  ), I was delighted to come across the following term today, courtesy of Wikipedia:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limnolog%C3%ADa
from whence we get limnólogo/a and limnología

or, if you don't feel up to the Sp. version, here's the En. one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limnology

But, for once, the Sp. version is far more complete and makes interestinger  reading.

Regs.,
Technopat

[lisa]

Good to see more proof of Darwin going out on a limn limb again.

[Simon]

Hi Guys and Gals,

I've just found this thread, typical of me I know but I've now ordered broadband - 40 days to wait!!!

Anyway, it's too obvious really the enthusiasts or experts in snails are gastropodiatrists of course! Tee hee!

Simes

[Technopat]

Greetings All,
Whereas Simon's latest brings us back nicely to my initial query at the beginning of this interesting thread, and

Whereas gastropod is clearly the class name for what Clive elsewhere terms a creepy-crawly - but let it pass - there's something 'bout that

Tee hee!

that worries the hell out of me and makes me suspect that someone - no names - is pulling our collective legs (Sp. anyone?).

Or is it that so many months - not yet a full year - as an iberianatureforumer has made Technopat somewhat more jaded - as in cynical - than before ...

We all know that Simon is not beyond the odd (as in occasional) jolly jape and wordplay*, so Technopat would appreciate a third-party, unbiased second opinion on this latest addition to our list - the prestige of iberiantureforum is at stake, folks!

*the Spanish term gastropediatra (En. anyone?) springs readily to mind

Concerned regs.,
Technopat

[Dave]

Hi TP and All
Pulling someones leg in Spanish is Tomar el Pelo ( translates as pull the Hair but means the same thing), apparently according to my family in Spain, the English are better at it than the Spanish along with el sarcasmo.
Regards
Dave

[Technopat]

Greetings Dave and All,
Dave got it - 'cos this time he obviously wasn't relying on 'is Collins! 
I would agree, in general terms, that sarcasm/irony/leg pulling, etc. do seem to have been raised to an art form back in the LOG, but it's something that has always surprised me as they have appropriated the cara de póquer from the En. term when it would seem that the game of mus dates back much further than poker, and to a non-card player, it would seem that these two games are similar in many ways - i.e. based (?) on bluffing*. Could it be that mus, being of Basque origin (originally French), suffers from some sort of linguistic/sociocultural discrimination in the rest of the country? I do know of some mus players and they do tend to be Basques. Any regional feedback? Any poker AND mus players out there among you iberianatureforumers?

*The DRAE gives the following for

farol
4.  m. Hecho o dicho jactancioso que carece de fundamento. Marcarse, tirarse un farol.

5. m. En el juego, envite falso hecho para desorientar o atemorizar.

Real Academia Española © Todos los derechos reservados

Off-on-one-of-me-tangents-again-with-the-aim-of-raising-fellow-and-fellowess-Ib.-Pen.-residing-iberianatureforumers'-sociocultural -awareness regs.,
Technopat

[Dave]

Hi TP
Yes, in Leon we have regular mus tournaments and they are taken very seriously, in fact in several of the tercero edad , I love that description,day centres nearly every table is taken up with mus players, not sure about poker, I will ask my cuñeado.
Regards
Dave

[Technopat]

Greetings Dave,
Yes, that tercera edad is a goody - often thought about it and its origins but never quite sure - by my reckoning, according to Shakespeare's SEVEN ages of Man, the 3rd age would be the lover ...

Any ideas, folks?
In-the-prime-of-life regs.,
Technopat

[John C]

What is Spanish for "twitcher"?   Just in case you don't know this is slang for a birdwatcher who races everywhere to see odd waifs and strays.  Lately confused in the UK press with anyone who watches birds.   I think the word has been taken up by other nationalities so there may be Spainish version of it.   If not, I'm tempted to suggest "tonto-ista"!

John

[lisa]

According to an ornitólogo friend - bimbero...and the rarity - bimbo 
I won't mention the temporary suppression methods of bodily functions 
 

[Simon]

Ha!

There was nothing to worry about with my 'Tee Hee' Teeps, unless you are pompous about job titles (a trait that has no plac on this 'ere egalitarian forum!)

I thought that Bimbo was bread, or rather a  crumbly white substance that disintegrates when toasted ad buttered! It went along with Bonka coffee and the joke products of our early years here! Mind you, if you want a pack of Durex in Australia you'll have to go to a stationer's shop!

More word tricks soon I hope!

Regs

Simon

[Technopat]

Greetings All,
John C, the twitcher is a good one! I think tontólogo might slide off the tongue (as opposed to slip of the t.) easier.

Far from being

pompous about job titles (a trait that has no plac on this 'ere egalitarian forum!)

-. though I admit to being a snob in other matters  I like to call spades spades (Sp. anyone?), and was delighted the other day to come across - I think in Nick's interesting article on the European desert - the term phytosociologist which, if I could live my life again, would definitely be my calling 

"For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: 'It might have been! ..."

Or, for those of us with little time on our hands: If only ... (Sp. anyone?)

Regs.-as-in-regards-not-regrets regs.,
Technopat

[Technopat]

PS.
Not sure which of the guy's two surnames I'd rather have ...

[Clive]

New word...

smilologista/o

A person who uses too many smilies....

[Dave]

Hi All
How about Honkologist, for overuse of the horn, a Spanish trademark
Regards
Dave

[Simon]

Dave, that's 'klaxonero' isn't it! I would put down a 'honologo' as an expert in smells (of the disgusting Iberianaiture jokkie obsessive type!)

Simes