>>I think there are also regional differences that can account for different attitudes. Here in the South, we routinely open doors for ladies, teach our kids that you don't refer to adults by their first name, etc. etc. You yanks have total disregard for such notions - as a rule.*g*
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>ehhhh, ok I'll give it that southerners my have better manners most times. But ya'all also seem to move/think/react a whole lot slower too :) Maybe if the drawl didnt slow ya down so much you would acquire the refined brashness us yanks tend to have.

Hiya oRox,

I'm not so sure about this "southerners" thing. I know that my sons' friends, while generally well mannered, certainly could use some when it comes to using the telephone. At least from the POV of how I was taught (in that great southern city of Chicago< g >).