Learning Sixteenth-Century Business Jargon

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Post by autokill » Mon, Nov 29, 2021, 8:48 PM UTC

Learning Sixteenth-Century Business Jargon
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Re: Learning Sixteenth-Century Business Jargon

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Post by visarga » Wed, Dec 01, 2021, 9:10 PM UTC

Nice read, but doesn't say anything about business jargon.

Re: Learning Sixteenth-Century Business Jargon

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Post by spadros » Wed, Dec 01, 2021, 9:36 PM UTC

visarga wrote: post #2

Nice read, but doesn't say anything about business jargon.

Came here to say this. Was greatly disappointed by the lack of jargon and etymology.

Re: Learning Sixteenth-Century Business Jargon

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Post by thedailymail » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 12:48 AM UTC

Given the focus on the East India Company (chartered by Queen Elizabeth I on December 31, 1600), shouldn't this be "seventeenth-century"?

Re: Learning Sixteenth-Century Business Jargon

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Post by maroonblazer » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 3:33 AM UTC

spadros wrote: post #3

visarga wrote: post #2

Nice read, but doesn't say anything about business jargon.

Came here to say this. Was greatly disappointed by the lack of jargon and etymology.

Yeah, I was looking forward to 1500-ish versions of "circle back" "reach out" "leverage" "long pole in tent", etc...