[Lexicog] Dishwasher

[Rudolph Troike]

David Frank <david_frank at sil.org> wrote:

> A dishwasher
> properly refers to a machine, not a person.

Some on this list may be old enough to recall that a typical entry-level
job in most restaurants was "dishwasher". The unmarked use was definitely
[+Human]. None of us, I'm sure, remember the time when "typewriter" was
similarly the label for a job category rather than a machine (now some
may be wondering "What's a typewriter?" -- the usual explanation nowadays
is that it is something like a computer.)

     Rudy Troike




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