Re: name of worker/engineer

On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 08:35:34AM +1000, nicholas.g.lawrence-q/[email protected] wrote:
> 
> > The common term in helpdata.txt is "citizen". "worker" is used only 3
> > times. I suggest to replace these occurences with "citizen" to remove
> > the ambiguity Nicholas has mentioned.
> 
> I thought that the term "citizen" referred to the total population
> of the city, which was then divided into four different types
> of employment;
> - elvis
> - scientist
> - taxman
> - worker

You're right, sorry.

My wordbook gives 'navvy' for "labourer employed in building or excavating
roads, canals, etc. [abbrevation of 'navigator']"

Christian

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