JackGreenEarth to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 4 months agoIf a person from 1700 asked you your job, would they understand your answer, and if not, how would you explain it to them?message-square394fedilinkarrow-up1278
arrow-up1278message-squareIf a person from 1700 asked you your job, would they understand your answer, and if not, how would you explain it to them?JackGreenEarth to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square394fedilink
minus-squarebermudalinkfedilinkEnglish15•edit-24 months ago“Shopkeeper” would be a pretty damn good job title too compared to retail.
minus-square@meyotch@slrpnk.netlinkfedilink5•4 months ago‘Shopkeeper’ implies you might actually own the shop you keep. Modern retail provides few such jobs.
“Shopkeeper” would be a pretty damn good job title too compared to retail.
‘Shopkeeper’ implies you might actually own the shop you keep. Modern retail provides few such jobs.
I don’t think the people in the 1700s would care