Explanation: "The ink kitchen is the poor relation of the printing trade..."
-> "Further Education was for many years the "poor relation" of education. There were many different, often poorly defined, awards offered by a multitude of bodies, both ad-hoc and statutory." http://www.answers.com/topic/education-in-the-republic-of-ir...
Thanks, als for the comments. Oef - what a relief. I am not poor. With such colleagues that would be the top! ;-) 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
Are you looking for an explanation of the 2 words or a nice translation referring to the publishing industry? Grtz
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Explanation: "The ink kitchen is the poor relation of the printing trade..."
-> "Further Education was for many years the "poor relation" of education. There were many different, often poorly defined, awards offered by a multitude of bodies, both ad-hoc and statutory." http://www.answers.com/topic/education-in-the-republic-of-ir...
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Thanks, als for the comments. Oef - what a relief. I am not poor. With such colleagues that would be the top! ;-)
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