Dinner Party Etiquette
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🗓️ 29 June 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Tonight, for our 550th episode, we’ll read about dinner party etiquette from the book “Our Deportment” written by John H. Young and published in 1881.
The word “deportment” has fallen out of usage starting in the twentieth century, but is defined simply as “a person’s behavior or manners.” It comes from the similar French word déportement.
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| 2:22.0 | Tonight, for a 550th episode, we'll read about dinner party etiquette from the book, Our Deportment, written by John H. Young and published in 1881. |
| 2:38.0 | The word, Deportment, has fallen out of usage starting in the 20th century, but is defined simply as a person's behavior, warm manners. |
| 2:51.0 | It comes from the similar French word, the important one. |
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| 3:21.0 | Now, take a few deep breaths. |
| 3:36.0 | Dinner giving and dining out. |
| 3:40.0 | Dining should be ranked among the fine arts. A knowledge of dinner table etiquette is all important in many respects, but chiefly in this, that it is regarded as one of the strong tests of good manners. |
| 3:59.0 | Dinners are generally looked upon as entertainment for married people and the middle aged, but it is often desirable to have some young unmarried persons among the guests. |
| 4:14.0 | Those invited should be of the same standing in society. They need not necessarily be friends, nor even acquaintances, but at dinner as people come into closer contact than at a dance or any other kind of a party, those only should be invited to meet one another who move in the same class of circles. |
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