"McJob"--Letter writer objects to its inclusion in dictionary
Tony McCoy O'Grady
maxiogee at ESATCLEAR.IE
Fri Aug 1 05:43:58 UTC 2003
Gerald Cohen wrote:-
> "I was appalled to read in a July 1 article that Merriam-Webster
> has decided to add the slang term 'McJob' to its Collegiate
> Dictionary. Its definition alludes to and debases the nation's
> 870,000 restaurants and their 11.7 million employees.
A fine example of sloppy thinking! :-)
The McDonalds' website claims "over 30,000 restaurants in 118=20
countries" so it is only a slur on them, and not on all the nation's=20
restaurants and their employees
Tony McCoy O'Grady
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"The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time."
.................................................WB Yeats
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