I guess since I'm a UI guy I could be an artificer.
This one piqued my interest:
"JAPANNER - one who covers with a hard brilliant coat of any of several
varnishes"
I wonder which came from which. Did that term influence calling the country
Japan because they traditionally use heavy laquers, or did the trade name
come from looking at Japanese laquered woodworks? If my very limited
understanding of Japanese culture isn't too off, they call the country
Nippon, not Japan. So I've always wondered where the name "Japan" came from.
-Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 2:24 PM
Subject: List of arcane jobs
> This is something interesting:
>
> http://www.cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/terms.html
>
> A list of obsolete and arcane jobs from the past. It's especially
> interesting to see so many last names (or roots of last names) that
> exist today from people who recieved surnames based on the jobs or
> purposes of their ancestors - Chandler, Shoemaker, Freedman, Goldsmith,
etc.
>
> - Jim
>
>
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