pen-driver 的詞源
pen-driver(n.)
這是一個對文員或作者的戲謔或輕蔑的詞語,起源於1820年,由 pen (n.1) + driver 組成。早在1760年,就有了 quill-driver。
The Author goes on, and tells us, "that the two thousand hogs were not driven into the sea by evil spirits, but by the two madmen, who, in one of their frantic fits, frightened them into it."— But is it not more than intimated that the men were restored to their right mind before the hogs took to their heels? Besides, that two madmen should drive two thousand such ungovernable creatures as hogs one way, does, I think, exceed the belief of any hog-driver on the road, if not of the pen-driver in his closet. [introduction to "Beelzebub Driving and Drowning his Hogs," a sermon on Mark v.12, 13, by James Burgess, 1820]
作者繼續寫道:"那兩千頭豬並非被惡魔趕入海中,而是被那兩個瘋子在他們的瘋狂發作中嚇進去的。"——但是,是否不是暗示了這兩個人在豬羣逃竄之前就恢復了理智?此外,兩個瘋子能驅趕兩千頭如此難以駕馭的豬 one way,我認爲這超出了任何一個在路上驅豬的人的信念,如果不是在他的小屋裏寫字的人的信念。[引自"Beelzebub Driving and Drowning his Hogs," 一篇關於馬可福音 v.12, 13的佈道,由 James Burgess 於1820年撰寫]
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