for my own code, I use 'me' instead of 'self'. Just makes more sense to me; e.g. me.variable that is, the one referenced right here ('me') is being referenced, not from anywhere else. It's also shorter; and I think more descriptive. But that's just me.
Having an undergraduate degree doesn't make somebody a linguist. Let me know when he has contributed to the field through scholarly work. Doing Bible translations doesn't count.
