Showing posts with label manger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label manger. Show all posts

Monday, December 19, 2011

manager, manger

Manager or manager means the person in charge of something, or a supervisor of staff--
Make sure you tell the manager if you are going to be late.
He is hoping to be promoted to manager.
Manager is also an old-fashioned term for taking care of a household and its expenses--
The grandmother was a good manager, even though there was little money.

Manger or manger  ( rhymes with stranger ) is a place to put hay or feed for cattle or other livestock--
"She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and put him in a manger."
They always put up lights and a manger scene at Christmas.
He put hay in the manger for the cow.

Now that you know that, you can say--
The manager says we're going to have a before-Christmas sale on manger scenes."

Note-- "mangier" ( main gee err ) means more mangy, or having more of the disease "mange"--
We used some medicine on the cat, but he is even mangier than before.