maniakes (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} maniakes) wrote,@ 2008-04-23 22:03:00 |
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Grrr...
A butler is either the head servant of a household, or the servant in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantry staff of a household whose overall head servant is a majordomo or castellan. A "gentleman's gentleman" who is the sole manservant of a small household or the personal attendant of a man of a larger household is a valet. Jeeves, although he could "buttle with the best of them" if necessary, was Bertie Wooster's valet, not his butler.
While we're on the subject, a podium is the platform the speaker stands on. The thing the speaker stands behind and puts his notes on is a lectern. And decimate means to kill one in ten, from the Latin "deci" (a tenth) and "-mate" (to remove).
A butler is either the head servant of a household, or the servant in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantry staff of a household whose overall head servant is a majordomo or castellan. A "gentleman's gentleman" who is the sole manservant of a small household or the personal attendant of a man of a larger household is a valet. Jeeves, although he could "buttle with the best of them" if necessary, was Bertie Wooster's valet, not his butler.
While we're on the subject, a podium is the platform the speaker stands on. The thing the speaker stands behind and puts his notes on is a lectern. And decimate means to kill one in ten, from the Latin "deci" (a tenth) and "-mate" (to remove).
