LAS LENGUAS INGLESA Y ESPAÑOLA de Delfín Carbonell

  Educación, modales, urbanidad, parecen palabras y conceptos trasnochados, pasados de moda, cosas de mayores. Sin embargo, en la cultura anglosajona la palabra y el concepto manners , en plural, siguen vigentes. Good manners , urbanidad . Good table manners , buenos modales a la mesa. It´s not good manners to spit in public , no es de buena educación escupir en público. Good manners mean you will always say: Please Thank you You are welcome Excuse me Yes, sir No, madam   Good manners mean that We will listen to people We will not interrupt We will be on time We will not use offensive language We will never yawn We will not stare We will be humble We will not be loud We will return phone calls We will answer e-mails We will not harass or bully people We will respect our elders 

Ahora se cree que la buena educación, los buenos  modales, es una cosa trasnochada, de gente antigua y pasada de moda. Good manners es parte del idioma, y una parte muy importante. Compare the following with the attitudes in Spain, for example: Good manners in English dictate that 1.       We will listen to people 2.       We will not interrupt 3.       We will be on time 4.       We will not use offensive language 5.       We will never yawn 6.       We will not stare 7.       We will be humble 8.       We will not be loud 9.       We will return phone calls 10.   We will answer e-mails We will never harass or bully people