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Same here, Phyllis. And it amazes me that people are so shocked ot hear
a 5yo and a 2yo say thank you, please, you're welcome, and excuse me. I guess there are only a few of us left in the world....I think the disappearance of manners is a sad sad commentary on the world today sigh Larisa, avoiding balancing the checkbook by rambling Phyllis Nilsson wrote: After mommy and daddy, please and thank you were the first words taught to all my children. melinda wrote: DS asks for things with please, most of the time, and we're slowly getting him to thank you as well! He's turning out to be a well behaved and good mannered little boy. |
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I've often thought Ya'll was a very useful word. When I moved South from
the midwest, I got teased for using "you guys" as a plural. If there was a group of girls, they were offended! "SNIGDIBBLY" wrote in message news:JZP4f.2560$%42.1792@okepread06... ... as articulated in the south "Ya'll" = plural of you ... when referring to any number of people. LOL!! -- http://community.webshots.com/user/snigdibbly SNIGDIBBLY ~e~ " / \ http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/snigdibbly. http://www.ebaystores.com/snigdibbly...ox&refid=store "WitchyStitcher" wrote in message news When I taught HS, the teacher I shared a room with had a rather gruesome picture of a kid standing over his mother with the caption, "I'll have to axe my mother." An interesting aside I learned in a linguistics class: The use of the word Yous (as in: Yous are going to be quilting this afternoon) in NYC, particularly Brooklyn came about because of the large numbers of European immigrants from countries that had both singular and plural forms of the word "YOU". As they were learning English, they could not internalize the idea that "YOU" in English could be both singular and plural. Linda PATCHogue, NY On 16 Oct 2005 11:06:13 GMT, dogsnus wrote: More here that is used today...and I noticed that axe is there... still used in NE England apparently. |
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I don't think it is so unusual. The problem is pushy kids are often the
ones we deal with or remember. I know lots of kids of a variety of ages with good manners. Don't give up hope they are still out there. Taria CNY/VAstitcher wrote: Same here, Phyllis. And it amazes me that people are so shocked ot hear a 5yo and a 2yo say thank you, please, you're welcome, and excuse me. I guess there are only a few of us left in the world....I think the disappearance of manners is a sad sad commentary on the world today sigh Larisa, avoiding balancing the checkbook by rambling |
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My husband thanked me for anything I did for him since day one; cook
breakfast, pack his lunch, bring him a glass of water, he always thanked me. We both do it and I credit some of our happiness to it. Last year he had a stroke, and although it wasn't as debilitating as it could have been, one thing he "forgot" was that he had always said please and thank you. After three or four weeks, I reminded him and he started again. The stroke made him forget several things (but some he refused to admit to). Jan wrote: Jess says yes please, no thanks and all sorts of politeness.... but then that's the way Art and I treat each other..... teach by example.... we never told her to say it, she just does as she sees..... Jan |
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I have to say that I have the most wonderfully polite students this
year. I teach small group instruction and whenever my 5th grade class leaves, they always - to the kid - say, "Thank you for helping me." Linda PATCHogue, NY On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 17:34:54 GMT, Taria wrote: I don't think it is so unusual. The problem is pushy kids are often the ones we deal with or remember. I know lots of kids of a variety of ages with good manners. Don't give up hope they are still out there. Taria |
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Mika wrote:
I think posting in the newsgroup is the exception to the rule Melinda. I get in a hurry at times and add a space where one shouldn't be or hit the send button before I've proofed my post and have some misspelled words. And my spell checker does work on newsgroup posts. But it isn't foolproof. Unless someone runs sentences together without punctuation or have so many misspelled words that it makes for difficult reading, I usually don't pay any attention to grammatical or spelling errors in ng posts. What bothers me is when someone writes a letter or a legal document or whatever that has errors and then they blame it on the spell checker or grammar checker. Mika http://community.webshots.com/user/mikasdrms That, if it occurs frequently, would be rather jarring, very disturbing to flow of reading. -- Melinda http://cust.idl.com.au/athol |
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sofi knows them, but prefers the "I WANT THAT!!!"... ehem....
Phyllis Nilsson wrote: After mommy and daddy, please and thank you were the first words taught to all my children. -- Dr. Quilter http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali (take the dog out for a walk) |
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