User talk:JanetRae24

Naturists or naturalists?
Hello! You write on your User page that you "love to read the works of many Naturists; John Muir, Thoreau, Emerson..."

I wonder if you mean "naturalists."

A "naturalist" is someone who is an expert on, or studies nature; "naturist" is roughly equivalent to "nudist" (some argue that there is a distinction, but that's neither here nor there at the moment). I have heard the two terms confused many times, although it's usually the other way around; people who want to present themselves as "naturists" will say, "I am a naturalist." In fact, I created a UserBox of my own to say, I know the difference between a naturist and a naturalist. Uporządnicki (talk) 03:48, 8 March 2013 (UTC)