Any dentists in the playground?

[IronFist]

Hello.
My fiancee's sister is writing a paper on geographic tongues, however she needs some articles in English but is not very familiar with the language. If anyone can help me help her with links or any material regarding geographic tongues, I'd be very thankful. :smallsmile:

[Jimorian]

I think you mean "linguist"? A person who has studied languages and their history? A dentist fixes teeth. :smallbiggrin:

[Spiryt]

I think you mean "linguist"? A person who has studied languages and their history? A dentist fixes teeth. :smallbiggrin:

I think the person that deals with tongue problems is laryngologist, actually.

[Jimorian]

I think the person that deals with tongue problems is laryngologist, actually.

"Tongue" in English is a colloquial term for "language", particularly with the context of "geographical" in front of it.

Example: "English is my mother tongue."

EDIT: unless the OP means geography OF the tongue, then you'd be correct.

[IronFist]

I am a linguist, actually. We don't deal with tongues (in this sense).
My fiancee's sister is studying to be a dentist, so I believe dentists are the ones who deal with this stuff.

[factotum]

Looking it up on Wikipedia, there is actually a condition called "geographic tongue" which appears to be what IronFist is talking about. Whether it would be a dentist who deals with such a thing is outside my experience.

[Jimorian]

Looking it up on Wikipedia, there is actually a condition called "geographic tongue" which appears to be what IronFist is talking about. Whether it would be a dentist who deals with such a thing is outside my experience.

That would have been a VERY useful piece of information to have in the OP. :smalltongue: (:smallwink:)

[IronFist]

That would have been a VERY useful piece of information to have in the OP. :smalltongue: (:smallwink:)

Well, if you don't know what it is, you're clearly not a dentist. :smallcool:

[Gavran]

Well, if you don't know what it is, you're clearly not a dentist. :smallcool:

Touché. I guess we do a decent job keeping the topic active so an actual dentist might find it though. After seeing the article, I'm now paranoid about the possibility of tongues being covered in Lichen planus. >.<

[IronFist]

Touché. I guess we do a decent job keeping the topic active so an actual dentist might find it though. After seeing the article, I'm now paranoid about the possibility of tongues being covered in Lichen planus. >.<

Yeah, the activity is very welcome. Articles about tongues always freak me out.