User:BenPulliam

Howdy, I’m Ben!
As an icebreaker, I currently live in New Mexico and work in. I'm a Christian, happily married, and enjoy learning, traveling, cultural immersion, hiking, weight lifting, worldbuilding, making music, and drawing cartoons.

My primary contributions to Wiktionary are adding, checking, and formatting pronunciation sections of English terms either with fewer/less accessible online pronunciation resources, or surrounding a particular study (likely something I’m interested in at the time of editing, which seems to vary monthly or so). Too, occasionally I’ll create entries if I have enough knowledge in the subject matter. I’ve been editing on Wiktionary for just shy of two years and like to think I have a fairly good idea of how to use templates and format things, but I’m always learning and appreciate any input given.

I graduated from the with a B.A. in Linguistics and a minor in Spanish. Linguistics, namely in the realm of things that can be typed or linked (grammatology, phonology, language families and their history of development), have been my leading passion and pastime for nearly ten years, but only being in my early 20s my professional application is still a bit green. I’ve studied Spanish and Russian for most of this time and remain fluent in Spanish. I’m currently studying Biblical Hebrew from an intensely linguistic perspective, a discipline goes contrary to my terminal "language-learning ADHD" that, although helpful in developing a sweeping knowledge of Indo-European and Semitic languages and linguistics, has left this knowledge admittedly superficial. I look forward to returning to my footprints to dig deeper. On a side note, as I especially enjoy the written side of language, understanding, learning, and practicing various writing systems (either or the ) on a  level are central to my studies.

To give you an idea of what flavor of languages I’m interested in, here’s my list of “ponderous” languages:

If you have any pointers or feedback, please let me know! I do not tout vast knowledge; rather, learning and amending knowledge is a destinationless journey.