THE WORD “JOB."
AS GOOD ENGLISH AS “WORK.” JUDICIAL RULING. “I bog ypur Honour’s pardon, I should not have used the word ‘job’,” said counsel in an Arbitration Court case heard in Palmerston North. “Why not? It is perfectly good English; quite as good as ‘work’,” remarked Mr Justice Frazer. “It is rather overdone, I think, sir,” rejoined counsel. “Possibly it has fallen into disrepute, owing lo its associations, hut it is perfectly good English,” said his Honour. “You wore referring to a wet weather job and a fine weather job—?” The case proceeded.
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Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17995, 14 April 1930, Page 7
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