SECRETARY shh...

This is kinda funny.

I've been studying kanji as usual. Check this out.

I was asking a friend about why the kanji for secretary in Japanese consists of the characters for "Secret" and the character for "Write" (or document or whatever).

秘	書
"Secret"	"Document"

I mean, secretaries aren't exactly doing spy work or anything right?

My Japanese friend said. "I dunno, why does secretary have the word secret in it?"

Woah.

Anyone know why? Or is this just 偶然 city?

I see...

http://www.m-w.com
Main Entry: secｷreｷtary
Pronunciation: 'se-kr&-"ter-E, 'se-k&-"ter-, in rapid speech also 'sek-"ter-, esp British 'se-k(r)&-trE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -tarｷies
Etymology: Middle English secretarie, from Medieval Latin secretarius, confidential employee, secretary, from Latin secretum secret, from neuter of secretus
Date: 15th century

Posted by Harvey at December 04, 2003 09:53 AM