tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post8319855559734902613..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: "Do not gurgle" - by Katherine LangrishMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-88513913776437710572013-08-06T08:38:57.824+01:002013-08-06T08:38:57.824+01:00In the BBC adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's N...In the BBC adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South, John Thornton offers his hand to Margaret Hale and she is shocked and won't take it. He in turn, is offended by her refusal. This was intended to highlight the differences in both class and geography, so was clearly a long-standing rule. But makes more sense in the context of these instructions! Fascinating.Marie-Louise Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006940874591015786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-73556334089622529142013-08-04T13:05:10.742+01:002013-08-04T13:05:10.742+01:00Very tricky! My sister and i found a little etique...Very tricky! My sister and i found a little etiquette guide at my grandmotheer's house, which had been given (as far as we cold tell) to her father in about 1912, probably when he got married (or just before).<br /><br />We spent a happy afternoon looking up the correct behaviour for each situation we found ourselves in. (we quickly came to the conclusion that none of us would pass muster) <br />One which stuck with me was that if you break something while you are a guest, you should apologize, but should not offer to replace the item, as that implies that your host cannot afford to do so..<br /><br />Even breakfast was complicated - as I recall, at house-parties breakfast was served as a buffet, and gentlemen had to serve the ladies, (so the poor chap who came down early would be leaping up and down like a jack in the box) except for the tea or coffee, which the senior lady would pour out..Marjoriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234975039675044712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-68396561175393473202013-08-04T12:24:18.958+01:002013-08-04T12:24:18.958+01:00Good suggestion, and delightfully amusing image---...Good suggestion, and delightfully amusing image---"Do not elevate the glass as though trying to stand it on your nose."Ms.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09479767121319709878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-46621879197797290572013-08-04T08:19:46.461+01:002013-08-04T08:19:46.461+01:00How complicated! Would there be any hope of gettin...How complicated! Would there be any hope of getting it right if you hadn't had all the rules instilled in you from childhood?maryomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18265044617480788043noreply@blogger.com