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 #2 (permalink) Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:02 am servant vs. farm worker |
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A servant is a person who is paid to work in the house.
A farm worker or farmhand is a person who is paid to work on a farm. |
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| #3 (permalink) Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:03 am servant vs. farm worker |
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Hi,
'Servant' is used to describe someone who serves another in a humble capacity. It is used today in expressions like: public servant, suggesting a civil servant who could be a prime minister or a post office clerk. A farm worker is just someone who works on a farm.
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| #4 (permalink) Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:17 am servant vs. farm worker |
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I am so sorry!
I mean "peasant" and "farm worker". |
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| #5 (permalink) Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:23 am servant vs. farm worker |
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| floratang wrote: |
| I mean "peasant" and "farm worker". |
Peasants are farm labourers living in a backward region and not necessarily working for others. |
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| #6 (permalink) Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:36 am servant vs. farm worker |
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'Peasant' is a word used more often in a historical context describing people living solely off the land. It is often used today as slang in a derogatory sense to describe someone who is ignorant and lacking in formal education.
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| #7 (permalink) Tue Jan 30, 2007 23:39 pm servant vs. farm worker |
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| Alan wrote: |
It is often used today as slang in a derogatory sense to describe someone who is ignorant and lacking in formal education.
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Yes, it has the same sense in Russian :) |
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| #8 (permalink) Tue Jan 30, 2007 23:57 pm servant vs. farm worker |
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Pamela, yes. But note that in Russian there is also the word peasanka that has slightly different sense than крестьянка.
http://astcom.ru/slovar/show/10417/
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| #9 (permalink) Wed Jan 31, 2007 0:07 am servant vs. farm worker |
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Hi Tamara,
Right you are! I have never heard of 'peasanka' used in this sense. Thank you! |
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