At 09:36 AM 2/5/96 -0600, you wrote: >Julian Humphries wrote: >Division of labor in >our society has led to the erection of barriers between people in >the form of professional jargons etc., which are designed to protect >jobs and privileges . . . I find it hard to believe that professional jargons are originally designed to exclude, although they certainly can have that effect and may be intentionally used for the purpose by some people. I think they grow out of the needs of a profession, and frequently there just are no other words to use even if one wished to. It's so easy to impute nefarious motives to people when you don't understand them. Janis Beth Wilkens Curator of Collections/Interim Assoc. Director Museum of York County 4621 Mt. Gallant Road Rock Hill, SC 29732 803-329-2121 Fax: 803-329-5249 [log in to unmask]