Didn't even notice. I understood you to mean you love the formal study of linguistics and those who study it formally.
I have never formally studied anything. I am both self educated and self deluded. But I love language in all of its many aspects. Certain aspects of language are so fascinating to me I can sit and think about them and lose all track of time.
My wife says I get in my Asparagus mode. (She means Asperger's syndrome, which she says I should be tested for, but she believes Asparagus is more appropriate because I just sit around and vegetate when I get to thinking.)
I also love Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.
