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mish.cz
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Vocabulary question
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Hello, my friends,�
how do you call the person who is employed to check incomers to a building (a doorkeeper) in the school environment?� Thank you very much Mish |
13 Nov 2010
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yanogator
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A janitor cleans the building. A receptionist "greets" people as they enter a building, so maybe that is the word you need.
Bruce |
13 Nov 2010
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sona21
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Caretaker ( school caretaker) .-) |
13 Nov 2010
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Hi Mish,
I work at a state school (zakladna skola) in Slovakia. We have one of these welcoming people. She sits at a desk just behind the main door, and her job is to welcome people and point them in the right direction. This is who you mean, right?
Unfortunately, I really can �t think of the word you need. We just don �t have them in England - you either go directly to the office, or speak to someone through an intercom. There �s no �welcome person � like you have here. Maybe �porter �, or just invent a new word - �Welcomer � works quite well!
dovidenia
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13 Nov 2010
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Nitana
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in our school we call them caretaker...
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13 Nov 2010
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douglas
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Bruce is right, but nowadays we also have "security" or "door guards" in some of our schools. |
13 Nov 2010
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