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09-26-2012, 01:00 PM | #76 |
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10-19-2013, 12:28 PM | #78 |
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"Nothing matters very much and few things matter at all". (Arthur James Balfour, British Prime Minister 1902-05).
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06-19-2015, 05:26 PM | #82 |
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“I admired the English immensely for all that they had endured, and they were certainly honorable, and stopped their cars for pedestrians, and called you “sir” and “madam,” and so on. But after a week there, I began to feel wild. It was those ruddy English faces, so held in by duty, the sense of “what is done” and “what is not done,” and always swigging tea and chirping, that made me want to scream like a hyena.”
Julia Child, from “My Life in France.”
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Yeah. We're really not so big on duty these days.
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When was that quote from? I never here 'sir' or 'madam' and I don't have a particularly strong sense of what is done and not done. I actually notice the use of the word 'sir' as a form of address in American shows and movies because it's fallen out of use for much of the country here - there are some contexts you still hear it and often these are commercial or service interactions, but mainly it doesn't get used much - higher end retail and service might. Though it's possible it is on greater use in some parts of the country- certainly wouldn't expect it where I live. Far more likely to use my name or just 'love'
I do swig tea
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Ahhhh well - yeah that probably accurately described English cullture back then.
also - just realised I typed 'here' instead of 'hear' in that post. Doh.
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However, a few weeks ago I was out walking my canine guest when a runner approached from the opposite direction. I wished him a 'Good morning' and he responded with 'Good morning, sir' which took me by surprise. I think that he was from the nearby RAF station and they probably err on the side of caution and call everyone 'sir'. I suppose it's a spin off from the old British Military dictum of 'If it moves, salute it. If it stands still, paint it'.
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Or he was sucking up so you wouldn't sic the dog on him.
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