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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Kick-start to the day's palavering at the UN #94593 02/05/2003 9:49 AM Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 maahey addict maahey addict Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 The phrase in question - career diplomat. Why is career used as a modifier for diplomat? There are men/women that have represented their country in such parleys,even though they have not been professional diplomats. Mr. Carter for one. Their numbers are however, relatively few and they are clearly the exception, not the norm. Should not the usage then be 'non-career diplomat'? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Kick-start to the day's palavering at the UN maahey 02/05/2003 9:49 AM Re: career diplomat AnnaStrophic 02/05/2003 12:53 PM Re: Kick-start to the day's palavering at the UN Jackie 02/05/2003 1:18 PM Re: Kick-start to the day's palavering at the UN Faldage 02/05/2003 1:34 PM Re: Kick-start to the day's palavering at the UN WhitmanO'Neill 02/05/2003 2:06 PM Re: Kick-start to the day's palavering at the UN AnnaStrophic 02/05/2003 2:24 PM Re: Kick-start to the day's palavering at the UN Capfka 02/05/2003 9:33 PM Re: Kick-start to the day's palavering at the UN JohnHawaii 02/06/2003 12:06 AM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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