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This may be etiquette in the U.S. but it is not in court circles in Britain.
Manners may well differ in different countries. My comment was an answer to
Bjarne according to British habits. Under normal circumstances, most ladies
would be wearing gloves, so the actual
At 09:14 20/02/2006, you wrote:
-Original Message-
This may be etiquette in the U.S. but it is not in court circles in Britain.
Manners may well differ in different countries. My comment was an answer to
Bjarne according to British habits. Under normal circumstances, most ladies
would be
white kid gloves attending affairs of someone who really was Not In
the Know.
Kathleen
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At 14:26 20/02/2006, you wrote:
One of my more droll findings in etiquitte books (American, late 19th C) is
a note that ladies never take off their gloves even at a
dinnertable...unless the hostess does!! For the nouveu upper middle class,
this advice would speak woe to the idea that one might
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-Original Message-
This may be etiquette in the U.S. but it is not in court circles in
Britain.
Manners may well differ in different countries. My comment was an answer
to
Bjarne according
It might be useful to Bjarne to know that in 1775 in England, at least,
hand-kissing was not necessarily literal. Witness this dialogue from Richard
Brinsley Sheridan's The Rivals. Bob Acres, a country squire eager to appear
sophisticated during a visit to Bath, is meeting with his acquaintance
much forwards
to this.
Thanks all
Bjarne
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It might be useful to Bjarne to know that in 1775 in England, at least
At 22:53 19/02/2006, you wrote:
Perhaps this will help some.
http://www.sam-hane.com/sass/handkiss.htm
De
This may be etiquette in the U.S. but it is not in court circles in
Britain. Manners may well differ in different countries. My comment
was an answer to Bjarne according to British
