Busman's Vocabulary: Difference between revisions

* This is [[Older Than Radio]], as it dates back at least to Dickens' character, Mr. Lilyvick, in ''[[Nicholas Nickleby]]'', a water-rate collector who uses references to pipes, taps etc. in his "normal" conversation.

* In ''[[Discworld/The Fifth Elephant|The Fifth Elephant]]'', we're told that Commander Vimes studies geography as though it were a crime scene ("Would you recognise that glacier if you saw it again?") Mostly though, he talks to people as though he was conducting an investigation because he [[Busman's Holiday|always is]].