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Jeroen198


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When are you able to call yourself a mycologist?
#1117122 - 12/06/02 12:12 PM (21 years, 2 months ago) |
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i was just wondering...
do you have to do scientific research? write a paper or a book on mushrooms? cultivate them?
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insanelane
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Re: When are you able to call yourself a mycologist? [Re: Jeroen198]
#1117205 - 12/06/02 12:49 PM (21 years, 2 months ago) |
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probably pass a college or university course.
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Jeroen198


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Re: When are you able to call yourself a mycologist? [Re: insanelane]
#1117408 - 12/06/02 01:42 PM (21 years, 2 months ago) |
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okay.. anybody else?
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Bilge
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Re: When are you able to call yourself a mycologist? [Re: Jeroen198]
#1117448 - 12/06/02 01:51 PM (21 years, 2 months ago) |
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mycologist
\My*col"o*gist\, n. One who is versed in, or who studies, mycology.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, ? 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
mycologist
n : a botanist who specializes in the study of fungi
Source: WordNet ? 1.6, ? 1997 Princeton University
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insanelane
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Re: When are you able to call yourself a mycologist? [Re: Bilge]
#1117639 - 12/06/02 02:44 PM (21 years, 2 months ago) |
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hmm. I remember reading a dictionary for the definition of a professional. It is generally a person who gets paid for whatever the person does.
edit: sorry, forgot to finish. Anyways, maybe you have had to have been paid at one point or another for being a mycologist, to be considered one.
Edited by insanelane (12/06/02 02:51 PM)
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Bilge
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Re: When are you able to call yourself a mycologist? [Re: insanelane]
#1117649 - 12/06/02 02:48 PM (21 years, 2 months ago) |
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pro?fes?sion?al ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pr-fsh-nl) adj. n. A person following a profession, especially a learned profession. One who earns a living in a given or implied occupation: hired a professional to decorate the house. A skilled practitioner; an expert.
Source: The American Heritage? Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright ? 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. [Buy it]
professional
\Pro*fes"sion*al\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a profession, or calling; conforming to the rules or standards of a profession; following a profession; as, professional knowledge; professional conduct. ``Pride, not personal, but professional.'' --Macaulay. ``A professional sneerer.'' --De Quincey.
2. Engaged in by professionals; as, a professional race; -- opposed to amateur.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, ? 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
professional
\Pro*fes"sion*al\, n. A person who prosecutes anything professionally, or for a livelihood, and not in the character of an amateur; a professional worker.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, ? 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
professional
n 1: a person engaged in one of the learned professions [syn: professional person] 2: an athlete who plays for pay [syn: pro] [ant: amateur] 3: an authority qualified to teach apprentices [syn: master]
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Jeroen198


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Re: When are you able to call yourself a mycologist? [Re: Bilge]
#1121666 - 12/08/02 06:02 AM (21 years, 2 months ago) |
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thanks. I'm not quite there yet but maybe one day.. 
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Cow Shit Collector
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Re: When are you able to call yourself a mycologist? [Re: Jeroen198]
#1121713 - 12/08/02 07:48 AM (21 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
\My*col"o*gist\, n. One who is versed in, or who studies, mycology.
YEAA i'm a mycologist (i think we all are)
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