When i say i’m looking for a “learner/earner” i mean that I really want a learning boy but I don’t have the financial means to support… so I want someone that’s a real ben torah, sticks to daily sedarim, and is connected to a rebbi, and also works for a parnassah. When i had this discussion on a date, the guy told me not to use the term “learner/earner” cuz ppl will get the wrong impression… i don’t know what impression he meant though… so i said “what are you? you learn and you earn! so what does that make you?” and he responded “ugh, u sound like my mother” (no we did not go out again!) so i’m still waiting for someone to tell me what everyone else means when they say “learner/earner” and what i’m supposed to “label” the kind of guy i’m looking for…
and in regard to whether it’s learner/earner or earner/learner, i used to debate this all the time… my mother holds that it’s “learner/earner” because the learning comes first! But I thought that it should be “earner/learner” because the adjective comes before the noun so he IS a learner and “earner” is just a way to describe him… what do u all think?