Wednesday, November 14, 2007

An ‘only in Oxford’ moment…

My blokey is looking for work at the moment, so we’re both spending time trawling noticeboards for potential jobs. This one in particular caught my eye:

Assistant Required for Antiquarian Bookseller. Permanent position part time (15 hours/week) £6/hour. Work includes cataloguing/packaging/general help. Central Oxford. Perfect English and preferably Latin required. No dreamers, skivers or literati. CV to ...

According to three separate dictionaries that I checked, “literati” means 'an educated person', or a person 'very interested in literature'. So this bloke wants someone poorly educated who speaks perfect English and Latin; who isn't really into books; to work in his bookshop.


Hmmm.

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