Nerd, geek, PK: Creeping Romanization (and Englishization), part 2
Language Log 2013-03-15
Summary:
The question of whether or not there's a word for "nerd" in Chinese has recently come up, in Mark Liberman's "'Your passport has just been stamped for entry into the Land of Bullshit'".
Mark quotes Tom Scocca, [...]