I am happy to talk to you, especially about Chomsky, and also linguistics over a few cold beers.

I've told you where I like to hang out. All I need to know is whether you like Chang or Singha.

The beer is on me.

That Ex-Pat sounds like a bum to me, SB, and I would make the scrounging layabout pay for his own beer. Watch it during this crisis because even the worm will turn if he/she should perceive some blood is flowing- a poster supporting you last week may stick the dagger in now.

I am confident you have a linguistics degree, you are not the sort of bloke who is worried about bragging about an easy enough degree to get. John O'Shei is correct when he says that half the bums with PhD's working in China get very little more that other teachers and that's because they are second class Linguistic type doctors- or as they call them 'Shandong professors. Not trying to devalue the second degree you have. Have a gay weekend.