The Fourth Type Of Linguist

It used to be said that there are three types of linguist:

• the ants, who patiently build, build, build;
• the crows, who just pick, pick, pick;
• the eagles, who soar on high, seeing further than all others.

But there is a fourth type:

• the cuckoos, who lay their productions in the nests of another theorist, thereby having them cared for as if legitimate offspring.

In biology, this is termed brood parasitism.