Knowing how to act and above all, having Manners is so important and especially manners in public places. There is not much that is less desirable than a simple stroll in a store on a Saturday afternoon with screaming little ones tearing across your grocery cart’s path as a result you have to jolt to a stop …
We’ve been in our Cottage Charm series and today we are talking about the phrase “excuse me”. What does excuse me mean? It is the act of excusing or apologizing When would I Say Excuse Me? Excuse Me – When I Must Put You Out No, I’m not shouting, and …
Please and Thank You. I suppose that this is a good place to begin. The use of the word please is from the 14th century. It means to give pleasure or satisfy. So it would have been – may it please you to close the door. Sound funny? Maybe, but today as in the 14th …
“Wow, people are so rude.” “Don’t they know what RSVP means?” I hear this all the time and practically speaking many may not know. So we decided to do a “Cottage Charm” article that included the term RSVP. What Does RSVP Mean? The letters RSVP stand for the French phrase “répondez, s’il vous plaît,” which …
