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cook What other jobs are named so brutally after the thing one does? Very much looking forward to this documentary.
by gorgoiler 5y ago
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What other jobs are named so brutally after the thing one does?
Very much looking forward to this documentary.
- DocTomoe 5y agoPretty much all jobs that existed before the industrial revolution, many of which have become surnames. A miller mills, a smith smithes, a butcher butchers, a farmer farms.
- gorgoiler 5y agoOh no, it’s a bit more subtle than that. A Thatcher does thatching with his bundles of thatch. A Carter does carting with his horse and cart. But the poor sod who braises your partridge? Just “cook”, not “cooker”. Somewhat less noble, I thought, and in keeping with Bourdain’s 1999 Kitchen Confidential essay of counter-glamour. Kinda like Bones from Star Trek. Camaraderie through occupational diminutives.
- silicon2401 5y agoThe other commenter already replied to your comment explaining the title. I think this is a classic case of somebody misunderstanding something and then reading too much into the misinterpretation. And as another commenter said, it's easy to find other examples like nurse.
- vtbassmatt 5y agoProgrammer?
- Terretta 5y agonurse the verb is the noun, no -er
- spywaregorilla 5y ago> https://www.etymonline.com/word/cook https://www.etymonline.com/word/cook You have it backwards. The verb cook was derived from the profession name