{"id":14325,"date":"2025-06-30T18:48:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T01:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=14325"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:32:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:32:50","slug":"english-etiquette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=14325","title":{"rendered":"English Etiquette"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WilliamHansonEtiquette\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WilliamHansonEtiquette\">William Hanson<\/a> has a wonderful Youtube channel about English etiquette. Here he shows you how to properly use a classic English place setting. He also has videos on how eat tricky dishes as well as tips on social norms\/manners that are fascinating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A younger me would have scoffed at this during the rapid casual-ification of the 80&#8217;s and 90&#8217;s. As I have grown older (and traveled the world) I see the value of proper table deportment. Sure this may be out of place in a drive-thru, but it&#8217;s an important way of communicating mutual respect and that you value your dining companions &#8211; especially at important business meals, social events, or dates. Just like wearing nice clothes to church or a tux to a wedding, we signal importance of things we&#8217;re doing by what we wear and how we behave differently when doing them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_R70v6xDr_s?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Hanson has a wonderful Youtube channel about English etiquette. Here he shows you how to properly use a classic English place setting. He also has videos on how eat tricky dishes as well as tips on social norms\/manners that are fascinating. A younger me would have scoffed at this during the rapid casual-ification of the 80&#8217;s and 90&#8217;s. As I have grown older (and traveled the world) I see the value of proper table deportment. 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