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Re: Profiles (WAS: Re: Conlang-to-body-shape connections)

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Sunday, April 13, 2003, 21:56
John Cowan wrote:

> Dan Jones scripsit: > > > That's odd. Over here a bartender is either a non-gender-specific word
for
> > someone who works behind a bar, although it's mainly applied to those
who
> > make cocktails. In the UK licencee isn't a bartender, but someone who > > *employs* bartenders. > > Quite so. AFAIK the U.S. equivalent is simply known by the generic > term "manager", the same as if it were a supermarket or a laundromat. >
That's about what I thought, too. Or "franchisee"? I know that pubs Over There are often tied in with the major breweries-- so who actually owns the establishment?