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Doing something professionally often takes the joy out of it. Especially when you are doing it for someone else. "Amateur" comes from the Latin word for "lover
by ahoyhere 18y ago
Doing something professionally often takes the joy out of it. Especially when you are doing it for someone else.
"Amateur" comes from the Latin word for "lover" - amator.
- narag 18y ago-eur seems French. The meaning is the same anyway.
- delano 18y agohttp://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Amateur http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Amateur
- narag 18y agoAha, "replaced by F -teur"
- gojomo 18y agoThere's a reason French, Spanish, Italian, and others are called 'Latin languages'.
- narag 18y agoOh, I know, maybe because Spanish is my first language and I took three years of Latin at high school :-)
- parenthesis 18y agoThere's that old quote (don't know where from) that when your hobby becomes your job, you need to find a new hobby.