occupational dialects
Category musings
I saw a post recently (forgotten where now) musing about some words that mean something entirely different to IT geeks than they do to anyone else (i.e. "cookies"). I found myself thinking earlier today about how common it is for "occupational dialects" to develop, causing a similar disconnect between what one group of people who share a job title or specialty think a word means and what everyone else thinks it means. For example, here's just a small sampling of words that seem to have one meaning for most people and another meaning entirely to anyone with a career in marketing:
I'm curious, what occupational dialects have you noticed? Discuss.
I saw a post recently (forgotten where now) musing about some words that mean something entirely different to IT geeks than they do to anyone else (i.e. "cookies"). I found myself thinking earlier today about how common it is for "occupational dialects" to develop, causing a similar disconnect between what one group of people who share a job title or specialty think a word means and what everyone else thinks it means. For example, here's just a small sampling of words that seem to have one meaning for most people and another meaning entirely to anyone with a career in marketing:
- story
- space
- play
I'm curious, what occupational dialects have you noticed? Discuss.
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Posted by Mike McGarel At 08:18:00 PM On 03/04/2009 | - Website - |
Posted by pops At 02:40:29 PM On 03/05/2009 | - Website - |