Bernard: The Britts do say Please, however the Britts also say "Que", when they say "Think You" in the Queens English.
Is that where the Q comes from in "Mind your P's and Q's" Best Regards David Patton bmcewen%[email protected] wrote: > > From: NAME: BERNARD MCEWEN > FUNC: 10687 Eng Product Certification > TEL: 613-274-6500 <BMCEWEN@A1@K> > To: NAME: MX%"[email protected]" <MX%"[email protected]"@MRGATE@K@WPC> > > David, > > Training shirt sounds much more likely than tea-parties and tees; > thanks. > > But "P's and Q's" is definitely hypocorisma for "pleases and thank- > yous". > > You are forgetting that there used to be shillings in between > pennies and quid (nobody says "quids"), and it would have taken a > lot of drinking to notch up pounds on the slate, at three farthings > a pint. > > Best wishes, Bernie. >
