From: John Cowan (jcowan@reutershealth.com)
Date: Fri Jun 06 2003 - 21:22:31 EST
Jan van Steenbergen scripsit:
> Evidently, this is typical butler to master talk. However, you can frequently
> hear parents saying to their children: "Geef die meneer eens een handje."
The American analogue is "Say thank you to the gentleman/lady."
-- John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan www.reutershealth.com "If I have seen farther than others, it is because I am surrounded by dwarves." --Murray Gell-Mann
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