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

Dan Jones wrote:
> 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.
>
>
> Frankly, if someone called me a "manager", I'd slap them. The licenced
> trade is very much more specialised- a simple degree in business studies
> just won't do. You don't need to know how the stockmarkets work to change a
> barrel. :o)
You could say that about a lot of managerial positions though. Every
industry requires at least a little specialized knowledge.