10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RODENT OPERATIVE»
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1
Sounds Good on Paper: How to Bring Business Language to Life
This, in turn, became the even more rarefied 'rodent operative' and 'rodent
operator' (which, as Rees points out, raises the ticklish question of how exactly
does one operate a rodent?) Rees calls this process 'job title enhancement', itself
a ...
2
Skill and Occupational Change
'non-manual' activities in their work, as part of a strategy to upgrade its status and
rewards: the authors acknowledge and deal with this 'rodent operative syndrome'
(as they term it). Yet, the Cambridge team maintain, it can hardly explain such ...
Roger Penn, Michael Rose, Jill Rubery, 1994
3
The Life and Death of Rochester Sneath: The outrageously ...
... Sussex Dear Headmaster of Oundle, I am writing to you because I understand
from my friend Dr Mortimer Benn that your School has recently been infested with
rats, and that you were able to call in a very successful Rodent Operative. It will ...
4
Japanese Multinationals (RLE International Business): ...
... a choreographer, a rodent operative'. This dimension of conscious
selfperception in turn helps to reinforce the other features - the lifetime
commitment, the enterprise unions structure - listed above. Blurring of internal
stratification Many of the ...
Nigel Campbell, Fred Burton, 2012
5
Learning about Linguistics (RLE Linguistics A: General ...
For some reason 'rodent operative' seems much more important than 'rat catcher',
and a 'lady cleaner' sounds much more respectable than a 'charwoman'.
Particularly those of us who speak only one language may find it very easy to fall
into ...
F.C. Stork, J.D.A. Widdowson, 2014
Synonyms may differ from the point of view of politeness, as when someone says
excrement to avoid a four-letter word. They may differ from the point of view of
formality, as when we say rodent operative rather than rat catcher. Or they may ...
7
Garner's Modern American Usage
Some writers use rodent operative or extermination engineer in place of rat-
catcher. We see pregnancy termination rather than abortion; sexually
ambidextrous rather than bisexual; armed reconnaissance rather than search-
and-destroy ...
8
The Wordsworth Dictionary of Modern English: Grammar, Syntax ...
Use rodent operative. sex change - may offend people undergoing the
experience. Use gender redesignation. shirtlifter - may offend homosexual
people. short — may offend people below average height. Replace with petite (
females only).
9
The Knocknobbler, Or the Dog-catcher Or Worcester
He was in the form of Ron 'Rat,' the Worcester Rat Catcher who was work-
shadowing me and who eventually became a Dog Warden/ Rodent Operative for
Wychavon Council. My amiable colleague, Ron Smith, was a former Scottish ...
10
Tales of a Rat-Hunting Man
But working from nine till five was not for Billy, and he left his apprenticeship and
started up in various occupations. He had worked for his local hunt, but been
sacked for selling foxes to a rival hunt. He also worked for a rodent operative, as I
...
David Brian Plummer, 2000
