I would like to be a keeper on Guam island. You would be the only keeper for several thousand miles
A keeper? A keeper of what? This is the second time in one week in which I have heard what I assumed to be beekeepers refered to as "keepers". First by the new Director of Plant Industry in the Dept. of Ag of NY and now here.
I'm a beekeeper, not a keeper. You, and the Director, wouldn't call a person who cuts down trees for a living a "ger" would you? He or she would be a logger, right?
Excuse me, please, I just have a bee in my bonnet about a term which doesn't mean much to me. Sorry. Just thought you aught to know.
Or maybe I'm really out of the loop and "keeper" is the modern common term for what I do for a living?