In message , Rob. wrote
Haven't the Government already stated that Jedi wouldn't be included on the next census form as an official religion?
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"PeterSaxton" wrote
Ah, but any numerate person can "account". Then they *are* an "accountant"...
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And you can account for things other than money.
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You really should not believe what you hear in pubs.
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Surely it is not enough that they *can*, they actually have to *do*.
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OK, the bit about the Jedi was a joke. But what is to stop you starting a church, mosque, temple...
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"Ronald Raygun" wrote
It's easy enough to do a quick ten-minute bit of "accounting", just before signing the form to say that you're an "accountant", isn't it? ;-)
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Yes, but that wouldn't make you an accountant.
An accountant is someone who spends most of their working time doing accounting.
Peter
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"PeterSaxton" wrote
Don't be silly. Many high-flying accountants move into senior management, or even join the boards of large companies. Even though they no longer "spend most of their working time doing accounting", they are *still* accountants...
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But that wont make you an accountant.
Peter
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If you are saying they were accountants and now they are a managing director and do not do any accounting then you are the silly one ... they are not doing accounting so they are not accountants.
I was a student and even now I study legislation or problems but if I called myself a student it would not be correct.
Peter
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390,000 people put Jedi as their religion on the last census form.
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All you have to do is keep accounts. Does not say anything about what of or how good they must be.
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accountant n noun a person who keeps or inspects financial accounts.
ORIGIN Middle English: from legal French, present participle of Old French aconter (see account).
I inspected my financial accounts, thus I am an accountant.
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If you studied then you are a student. Just not a student of an established centre of learning.
Use the language, stop trying to change it:
student n noun
1 a person studying at a university or other place of higher education. Øa school pupil. Ø[as modifier] denoting someone who is studying to enter a particular profession: a student nurse. 2 a person who takes a particular interest in a subject: a student of the free market.DERIVATIVES studentship noun (British). studenty adjective (British informal).