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The often amusing origins of nicknames for jobs - Monash Lens

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By Kate Burridge, Howard Manns
| Monash University
These days, human resources (HR) departments want us to use official titles for jobs. But we know the social truths of a job — how well that job gets done, whether we like the person doing it — are much more complex. Nicknames for jobs help us manage workplace performances, personalities and power beyond HR spreadsheets — and they can be a lot of fun.
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Babblers, cops and quacks: the sometimes dark - but often amusing - origins of nicknames for jobs

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By Kate Burridge, Howard Manns
| The Conversation Verified
These days, human resources (HR) departments want us to use official titles for jobs. But we know the social truths of a job — how well that job gets done, whether we like the person doing it — are much more complex. Nicknames for jobs help us manage workplace performances, personalities and power beyond HR spreadsheets — and they can be a lot of fun.
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Quiz: can you pick a Victorian from a Queenslander? How our accents change from state to state

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By Howard Manns
| Inkl
The relative uniformity of the Australian accent can be traced to our early European history, our youth as a nation and the slow pace of language change. But Australian regional accents are there if you listen closely enough – and they are getting stronger. Birth of the ‘uniform’ Aussie accent In the UK, George Bernard Shaw once wrote: It’s impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making another Englishman hate or despise him. Some 1500 years of history will do that.
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