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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread bean counter #155483 02/11/06 02:43 AM Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1 B Bhaskar OP stranger OP Bhaskar stranger B Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1 Hi Friends, I was wondering about the origin of the word bean counter referring to the Accountants. Has it got anything to the Abacus? Shall be grateful for your reply. Yours L Bhaskar Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bean counter #155484 02/11/06 10:16 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC It has to do with the idea that accountants are too detail oriented, and is meant pejoratively. When a person buys a 100-pound bag of soybeans, only an accountant would want to count all the beans to see how many there really are in the sack. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bean counter #155485 02/11/06 11:00 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont I always thought they should be called legumaticians. welcome, Bhaskar! formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bean counter #155486 02/11/06 03:06 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City I inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah I Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City legumatician I like it Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,423 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,136 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 24 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,593 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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