FocusUno Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 people working in retail settings %salesclerk% = not one bloody AoA hit in year %stocking clerk% = crikey mikey, the same %stock clerk% = gawblimey near zippo %sales clerk% = only 4 bloody AoA total hits in a year staff & employee more promising... but what else, especially UK equivalents...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 geogphotos Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 (edited) sales assistant shop assistant Retail Assistant Manager Retail Associate Retail Sales Assistant Retail Sales Associate Retail Store Manager Edited September 22, 2021 by geogphotos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Steve F Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 (edited) Never heard of someone referred to as a clerk in the UK. Reminds me of book keeping maybe, but it sounds like a very old fashioned term to me. p.s. UK terms, what Ian said. Edited September 22, 2021 by Steve F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 NYCat Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Clerk very common in USA. The word not the people. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 John Mitchell Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 (edited) Some searches for %sales person% and %salesperson% indicated on AoA for the past year. "Sales associate" (a promotion from "sales clerk") is now common in Canada, but not with Alamy searchers apparently. Edited September 22, 2021 by John Mitchell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 M.Chapman Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 2 hours ago, geogphotos said: sales assistant shop assistant Retail Assistant Manager Retail Associate Retail Sales Assistant Retail Sales Associate Retail Store Manager cashier checkout operator checkout staff checkout worker sales staff shop worker retail staff shelf stacker shelf stocker sales advisor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Joseph Clemson Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Then there's the good old-fashioned Shopkeeper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 wiskerke Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Try salesclerk in Google Translate. Choose a couple of different languages to translate into. It gives possible equivalents with some frequency info. All are very US and not very UK oriented. I tried French: saleswoman, seller, clerk, sales clerk, shopgirl, seller, vendor, dealer, salesman, salesperson, clerk. - and Spanish: dependent, employee, salesman, shop assistant, salesclerk, sales assistant, seller, vendor, salesman, trader, salesclerk, cattleman. Then I tried salesclerk in Thesaurus.com: agent auctioneer businessperson clerk dealer marketer merchant peddler representative retailer salesgirl salesman salesperson saleswoman shopkeeper storekeeper trader vender vendor sales help tradesperson Again more US than UK oriented, probably because of the word salesclerk. My guess after going through AoA is that clients look for shops and shoppers not sales persons. wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 FocusUno Posted September 22, 2021 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 thanks for responses 👍 👍 👍 from dearth to deluge!!! 😱 😱 😱 now must employ AoA %XXX% over & over try to find UCO ~5 most often properly used words-phrases mentioned... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Steve F Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 1 hour ago, FocusUno said: thanks for responses 👍 👍 👍 from dearth to deluge!!! 😱 😱 😱 now must employ AoA %XXX% over & over try to find UCO ~5 most often properly used words-phrases mentioned... Watch more British tv. 😉 We're inundated with American tv here, don't think it goes the other way so much - dodgy accents! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 geogphotos Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 6 hours ago, Steve F said: Watch more British tv. 😉 We're inundated with American tv here, don't think it goes the other way so much - dodgy accents! If my memory is correct FocusUno can do a great Dick van Dyke impression from Mary Poppins. Cor blimey matey 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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people working in retail settings
%salesclerk% = not one bloody AoA hit in year
%stocking clerk% = crikey mikey, the same
%stock clerk% = gawblimey near zippo
%sales clerk% = only 4 bloody AoA total hits in a year
staff & employee more promising...
but what else, especially UK equivalents...?
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