Archives Tag: manners
Mind Your Manners
April 19, 2022
Photo Credit: Jack Hollingsworth/Photodisc/Getty Images Manners at the table are a small but significant part of politeness, respectability and civility. Children and adults need the reinforcement of good table manners that can occur only when a family eats together regularly. The need is certainly great. Just watch school children eat among themselves or even with adults … Continue reading Mind Your Manners
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Translating English Protocol for a Wider Audience: Mind Your Manners, English Style
April 19, 2022
It was a breach of protocol few of the two billion viewers of the royal wedding would have spotted, but the etiquette expert Alexandra Messervy noticed the faux pas immediately. “I thought I was going to have kittens!” Ms. Messervy said of the moment the chauffeur pulled the queen’s car up to Westminster Abbey facing … Continue reading Translating English Protocol for a Wider Audience: Mind Your Manners, English Style
Are You Truly A Gentleman?
April 19, 2022
By Adaora Ude A gentle man indeed! I’m sure you are wondering about this opening statement. Well, I think manners, good sense and sheer decency have flown out of the window where most Nigerian men are concerned. You young cool dude riding in your nice air conditioned car with your crisp shirt and pristine … Continue reading Are You Truly A Gentleman?
