Random questions based on last night's and this morning's books
What exactly is the difference between an emigrant, an immigrant, and a migrant?
I think an emigrant is one who leaves a country, an immigrant is one who goes to a country, and a migrant is one who seasonally/cyclically goes back and forth, but I'm not sure. And if that is correct, at what point does an emigrant become an immigrant? And what are you if you move from place to place within a country? A migrant even if the move is intended to be permanent and not cyclical?
EDIT: I'm reading a review right now and the reviewer repeatedly says things like "Alison Games gamely and often ingeniously" does something or "Nicholas Canny's canny observations" are important. Am I the only one who thinks that kind of thing is almost as bad as serious/Sirius and should not be included, especially not repeatedly, in a professional scholarly book review?
I think an emigrant is one who leaves a country, an immigrant is one who goes to a country, and a migrant is one who seasonally/cyclically goes back and forth, but I'm not sure. And if that is correct, at what point does an emigrant become an immigrant? And what are you if you move from place to place within a country? A migrant even if the move is intended to be permanent and not cyclical?
EDIT: I'm reading a review right now and the reviewer repeatedly says things like "Alison Games gamely and often ingeniously" does something or "Nicholas Canny's canny observations" are important. Am I the only one who thinks that kind of thing is almost as bad as serious/Sirius and should not be included, especially not repeatedly, in a professional scholarly book review?