https://talesacrossthesea.net/52/evolution-of-word-does-general-mean-common-or-superior/ 海外奇谈　　　Good Vibrations, Better Translations: Fun Chinese Stuff in English　　　海外奇谈 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:28:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 https://talesacrossthesea.net/52/evolution-of-word-does-general-mean-common-or-superior/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:25:00 +0000 http://talesacrossthesea.net/?p=52#comment-200 The general manager manages everything – i.e., all aspects of an organization that are thrown into a “common” pot. Her superior rank comes from her command of the common. I bet a military general’s does, too.

]]> https://talesacrossthesea.net/52/evolution-of-word-does-general-mean-common-or-superior/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:28:17 +0000 http://talesacrossthesea.net/?p=52#comment-188 To me, partly from my mathematics training, “general” suggests “common”. The rank usage is strange, given the normal meaning of the world. I didn’t know about the “captain general” origins of the military term, that’s interesting.

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