MissConstrue wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
(The only reason I posted here is because i noticed your name on the main listing on main page).
In my English understanding the word "Lady" is equivalent to 'gentleman' , not to 'man'.
So you have to comeback with a "Hey gentleman!".
It would sound better if you wear a court dress and them wearing the silly white wigs. :>
I almost thought of that but given the context, I think boys would have been a more appropriate term or maybe stingbums since they never tipped me and left a huge mess to clean up. I could only imagine the foppish wigs dangling in pints of ales.
I suspect their tone of voice was anything but courtly. That (tone of voice) seems to be missing from our discourse... now, I AM an old lady with cats, so my response would probably not work for you. But just in case it might: Stand straight and tall, look at them over your glasses in the best "teacher" manner, and respond,
"Yes, children?"
In your most mellifluous tones.
Regardless of their age. It's a much sharper message, of course, if they're between 16 and 30.
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