Re:Apple and Foxconn win permission for 12-hour shifts for w...
by defrost on Friday March 10, 2023 @07:04PM
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From a brief dip in the multi volume full OED it looks like "Vice Chairman" (etc) came about via vyse | visage | "face" .. as in "This person is a substitute | deputy | "the face" of another person or role"
It's a usage going back to at least 1597 and lost in the fog of time before.
Re:Apple and Foxconn win permission for 12-hour shifts for w...
by glogla on Saturday March 11, 2023 @02:44AM
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Interesting. It works the same in a most European languages (Vicepresidente, Vice-président, Vizepräsident, Wiceprezydent, Viceprezident, Віцепрезидент, Вице-президент, ...).
It's a usage going back to at least 1597 and lost in the fog of time before.